This is an analysis of The Last Furrow by Edwin Markham.

THE SPIRIT OF EARTH with still, restoring hands,
Mid ruin moves, in glimmering chasm gropes,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXXaabbacacaac
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 01001010101 110101001010 110101011010 1101010011 1001010101 0101010101 1001010101 11110010101 1111110001 110011101010 0101010101 01010001010 11110111010 1101110001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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