This is an analysis of The Eagle And The Mole by Elinor Morton Wylie.

Avoid the reeking herd,
Shun the polluted flock,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef bgbg haha icic
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 010101 100101 111101 010001 010101 011101 110101 010100 111101 110101 110101 110001 000101 110101 0101001 100101 011111 010111 110101 110101 111101 010111 010111 100101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

and

Anaphora

the, he, with