This is an analysis of The Vault--After Sedgmoor by Edith Nesbit.

You need not call at the Inn;
I have ordered my bed:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcdc eeeeffff cXcgdbdb bgbgadad dhdhhXhb
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 1111101 111011 110101 101001 110101 111101 1100010 1101 111111 11011 011101 111001 1011111 11111 011111 0111 1100101 1110 111101 0101100 11101111 00101 11100111 00111 010111 1101 111111 1111 111111 1100101 110101 0111 1111001 0111 10111001 01101 10110111 111100110 1111101 11101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 40

Repeated words/phrases

and, once, shout

Anaphora

we, shout