This is an analysis of Heinelet I by Gamaliel Bradford.

The huge old earth shook and quivered,
When it heard my passionate cry.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XbXb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 011111100 10111001 110010110 11111001 101101110 10001101 101001011 11011111
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8