This is an analysis of The Maids Of Elfin-Mere by William Allingham.
When the spinning-room was here
Came Three Damsels, clothed in white,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbXXaccDD aeeffaggDD ahhffaiiDD aaajjaggDD
- Stanza lengths: 10,10,10,10,
- Metre: 1010111 1110101 01101001 11111110 10001010 1010101 100101011 1010101 0011001 1011110111 1110111 110111001 1010101 100011010 10110110 1110101 1110101 1011101 0011001 1011110111 1110111 1110101 1010101 10101010 101100110 1110101 1010101 1111101 0011001 1011110111 1111101 1100101 1111101 00101110 10101110 1110101 01010111 01111101 0011001 1011110111
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
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