This is an analysis of Damnation by Babette Deutsch.
Hell is not far below,
Not black, nor burning,…
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Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abba cddc aeea
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
- Metre: 101101 11110 1101010 1111 1111 10010 11010 1111 1111 11110 01110 111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 12
Repeated words/phrases
you
Anaphora
you, and
Epiphora
it