This is an analysis of Genesis Bk Ix by Caedmon.

ll. 438-441) I will let him sit next me, whoever shall return to
hell proclaiming that they have set at naught, by word and deed,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX X
  • Stanza lengths: 4,1,
  • Metre: 11110111110101010 10101111111111 0100010101010000 10 10010100101001
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: cinquain
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 5