This is an analysis of When Allah Spoke by Arlo Bates.
Was I not thine when Allah spoke the word
Which formed from smoke the sky?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XabCAbCAdadaaaabab
- Stanza lengths: 18,
- Metre: 1111110101 110101 011111 110101 011101 011111 110101 011101 1111110101 110110 1111111011 111101 111111101101 101101 0101100101 111111 1101011101 111101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 18
Repeated words/phrases
stars, one, with, thee
Epiphora
thee