This is an analysis of Quieta Ne Movete Ii by Edith Nesbit.

IF one should wake one's frozen faith
In sunlight of her radiant eyes,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaXccdd ebebffXX gcgchhbb bibiccgg
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 01111101 011001001 10010101 00110101 10010111 01001101 01111111 11011101 01110101 11011100 10111111 101101011 01010101 11110111 01010110 11111111 00111111 01010111 01111101 11111101 11111101 11111101 01111101 11110000 11011111 11110001 01110111 11011011 11111111 11011101 10110111 01110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 34

Repeated words/phrases

of, it

Anaphora

should