This is an analysis of Extraits by Donald Justice.

The Man Closing Up,' from Night Light' (1967),
would make his bed,…

Browse poems by Donald Justice

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X abcbdebXfg X egc f fcfh c bgg X XcXgbcegb a hfXd Xe
  • Stanza lengths: 1,10,1,3,1,4,1,3,1,9,1,4,2,
  • Metre: 011010111 1101 011110 11101011 11010001 10110 011010 101 111101 01110 0010 1010011001001111101 101101010 010110101 010101010 10100101 0101110001 1111010101 1111011101 11010101010100 0010001111011 011110101100101 1011111101 1111011101 1001111 110010 1011 010100 111 111 1111 110 110101 0101 011010101010101001 101001100 1001101 11111101 1111110 11110111010 11010101010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 13
  • Lines: 41

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Anaphora

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