This is an analysis of The Whirlwind Road by Edwin Markham.

THE MUSES wrapped in mysteries of light
Came in a rush of music on the night;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaaccdd eeffeegg
  • Stanza lengths: 10,8,
  • Metre: 0101010001 1001010101 1111010111 1101000101 0110110101 0101010101 0101011111 1101000101 11110010111 1111010101 1111000101 10010011001 0101010101 1011010001 1001111111 1101000101 1101011111 0111010111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

and