This is an analysis of Escape by Elinor Morton Wylie.

When foxes eat the last gold grape,
And the last white antelope is killed,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cccc dede
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11010111 101110101 11110101 00010111 11110101 001011101 10110111 11010111 11111101 010100111 11010101 01011111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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