This is an analysis of The Tyger by William Blake.

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright,
In the forests of the night,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: AABc ddXX aaaa eeff ddbbXAABc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 1010101 0010001 1010111 11110100 0110111 1010011 1111101 10111010 111011 11010011 11110101 111111 1010101 0110111 1010111 1010101 1011111 11010011 0110101 01110111 1010101 0010001 1010111 11110100
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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