This is an analysis of A Look Into The Gulf by Edwin Markham.

I LOOKED one night, and there the Semiramis,
With all her mourning doves about her head,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XabcadXccd bcbaXXaXcaa
  • Stanza lengths: 10,11,
  • Metre: 11111101000 0101010101 1101110101 1011010001 1001110001 0101010100 11011101001 1101110101 1011010101 1111011100 11110010001 1011111101 0111010101 0101010101 01010111010 0100110101 1111010101 1101010101 1101010101 1011110101 0101110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 22

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