This is an analysis of Consumption by William Cullen Bryant.

Ay, thou art for the grave; thy glances shine
Too brightly to shine long; another Spring…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbcbcdedeaa
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111011101 11001101001 1101111111 1001111100 01111101001 10111100010 1111110101 10111101010 1100111111 1001010111 1111001101 01010010001 1111101011 110101011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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