This is an analysis of In Prison by William Morris.

Wearily, drearily,
Half the day long,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XabcXab cddececXbaba
  • Stanza lengths: 7,12,
  • Metre: 100100 1011 10110 11001 101100 1011 100101 1101 1001001 110111 110110 1001 011110 01011 110101 1011 100101 1011
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 18