This is an analysis of The Adventurer by Edith Nesbit.

THE land of gold was far away,
The sea a challenge roared between;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abba cddc effe gaXg abba aXXa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 01011101 01010101 11111111 11100101 11010001 01000111 01011101 010111001 11110001 101111010 110101010 01111101 10011111 11110001 11011101 11011101 11010001 11111111 11110101 110011111 11110111 011111111 11111111 11010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 29

Repeated words/phrases

my

Anaphora

the, and