This is an analysis of Absolution Ii by Edith Nesbit.

UNBIND thine eyes, with thine own soul confer,
Look on the sins that made thy life unclean,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaabab XcXcdaca adaddXdb
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 1011011101 1101111101 0111110100 1111111111 1101111110 1111011101 11001110111 1101111101 1111010110 0101100101 11111000111 10011010101 1111011101 0111010111 0111010111 1111111101 1011111101 0111111001 0101010110 1001010101 1111010101 11010101000 1111010101 1001010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 26

Repeated words/phrases

thy, how, hast, thou, and

Anaphora

how, and