This is an analysis of Iii. The Shadow Of Lilith by Christopher John Brennan.
The tuberose thickens the air: a swoon
lies close on open'd calyx and slipt sheath…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaaXXacdccdc eaeaXafffffffXfgcgccXcfcf eeffXXXfggXXXgaaaXggffggbbff
- Stanza lengths: 14,25,28,
- Metre: 0100100101 1111010111 1101010101 1111010101 11110111011 1001011001 1001011110 1101010111 11010100101 1101110101 0101010101 1111110101 11010100101 01010101001 1101011111 1101110101 1101111101 11111001001 1001111100 1101001101 101001011101 110101000100 0101011001 1101010101 01010111001 0111010111 1101011101 11011100100 0111010101 1101110001 1101011001 01000100111 0101111101 1101100111 0101000100 1111010101 1101010001 1101010001 1101011101 0001010101 10011001001 1101010011 0101001001 1100001101 0110110011 1011010100 1111110101 01011010001 1100010101 1100010101 10010101010 0100010110 10001110101 1000100101 1101010101 1001010111 1011001100 1100010101 1100010111 1101110101 1001100101 10011101101 00100101101 1100010111 1100010011 1101110111 0011100101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 67
Repeated words/phrases
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