This is an analysis of The Missing Star by Augusta Davies Webster.

WHY did the star leave the sky,
The far, pure sky?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcacb bbddbbbd eeffaeXfa
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,9,
  • Metre: 1001101 0111 111111011 111100111 111111 11101 100111111 00101 1011111 1111 111101101 110100101 110111 11111 110100101 00101 1101011 1111 1001101001 101100100 111111 10101 1101 10111 101000
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 25

Repeated words/phrases

she

Anaphora

ah

Epiphora

sky, star, light