This is an analysis of Fata Morgana by Christina Georgina Rossetti.

A blue-eyed phantom far before
Is laughing, leaping toward the sun:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 01110101 010100101 11110101 1111 01011111 11010101 01100101 0101 11001111 00110111 11111111 1111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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