This is an analysis of From The Tuscan by Edith Nesbit.

WHEN in the west the red sun sank in glory,
The cypress trees stood up like gold, fine gold;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cccc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 10010111010 0101111111 01010101010 00110100101 01010111010 1111010111 01010001110 1001100101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

gold, golden

Anaphora

the