This is an analysis of Caedmon by Denise Levertov.

All others talked as if
talk were a dance.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcdXaefgXfbhhcbdXXhhgXXdXXedXdbb
  • Stanza lengths: 33,
  • Metre: 110110 1001 10010101 110101 10110 111 1101 110101 1111 111 0101001 000011 101101 00101 111101 01101 0110 011011 1001 010101 01 1111011 111110 1001001 0101010011010 1101 0100101001110 101101 01110110 1011111010 1111111 1111 0001001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 33

Repeated words/phrases

my, and

Anaphora

of