This is an analysis of Departure by Edna St. Vincent Millay.

It's little I care what path I take,
And where it leads it's little I care;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd cece cfcf abab gXgX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 010111111 110101011 110011111 1111111 010111011 101101011 111011111 1010111111 11111101101 11111001001 0100100101 101001101001 1111111111 111100101 10110110101 1010111001 111110111 110100111 1010110111 10100111 110010111 1111111100 1101101011 110101101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

i, it's, in, my, little, of, '