This is an analysis of Fairy Land I by William Shakespeare.

OVER hill, over dale,
   Thorough bush, thorough brier,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababccddeeXXcc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 101101 1011010 101101 1011010 1110101 1010101 1110101 11010101 110101000 1111111 10101010 11101110 11111111 11010100101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

over, thorough