This is an analysis of The Day Of Days by William Morris.

Each eve earth falleth down the dark,
As though its hope were o’er;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa bcXc bdcd dede Xada
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11110101 110101 11011101 010101 11011111 011101 101100101 110101 11011111 110111 11111101 011111 11111101 1100111 11010111 110101 00111111 110111 01110111 010101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

and, we

Anaphora

the