This is an analysis of The Dark Breed by Frederick Robert Higgins.

WITH those bawneen men I'm one,
In the grey dusk-fall,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXccbdc cbefgbdf XahcXaec ccXaieiaXaccbgchb
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,17,
  • Metre: 0110101 00111 100101 11001 0111001 10111 01010110 0100 100100 1101011 01011111 11101 01111011 11001 11010010 10011 1100111 11011 11001110 11011 010110 111001001 100100110 1001 010010 11111001 11011110 11011 11101 01101001 11011011 11011 1100111 11011 1101100 100101 11101101 1011 010110 1011011
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 40

Epiphora

loneliness