This is an analysis of Village Mystery by Elinor Morton Wylie.
The woman in the pointed hood
And cloak blue-gray like a pigeon's wing,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab caca dada dede
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 01000101 111110101 110100101 110101 00111101 01110101 111010101 1110101 11111101 11010011 11010101 1010001 11011111 11000101 11111101 111011
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 16
Repeated words/phrases
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