This is an analysis of Build No Roof-Tree by Dora Sigerson Shorter.
Build no roof-tree over thee,
Raise nor wall nor rafter,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: AbXbXcXcdcdcXbAb
- Stanza lengths: 16,
- Metre: 1111101 111110 1010001 101010 1111011 101010 1011111 011010 1110011 0101010 1110101 1100010 0011001 111010 1111101 111110
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 16
Repeated words/phrases
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