This is an analysis of I Say, Teach Me Who You Are, Azrael by Charles van Lerberghe.

I say, teach me who you are, Azrael,
And the dark angel rose in the sky,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xaa XbX cbaddd ecaX XdXebX
  • Stanza lengths: 3,3,6,4,6,
  • Metre: 111111110 101101001 10011101 0110011011 01000100101 101110010011 11011 1110101 0110101 11001110010 001011 1010 11110101 1111011011 111010001 01001100 11101011 10101010101 110101010101 10011011 111011010111 1011010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 22

Anaphora

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