This is an analysis of The Man Who Trod On Sleeping Grass by Dora Sigerson Shorter.
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I stood on sleeping grass,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xaba Xbcb cadX caca efef dbgb ehgh icXc ijhj ekbk daia bldl eaiX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 00111000 111101 1111010 011111 11111100 111101 1111111 1100101 1101111 110111 1101010 111101 1101011 111101 1101001 011101 1101110 010111 1101010 110111 1101010 011101 1101110 011101 0111110 111101 0111010 111111 1111010 110111 1101110 010101 1111010 110111 1101011 110001 1101010 110111 0101010 111101 1111010 010101 1101110 111101 1001110 110011 1111010 010101 1111010 110111 1101011 111101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 13
- Lines: 52
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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