This is an analysis of An Improvisation by George MacDonald.

The stars cleave the sky.
Yet for us they rest,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb dede fafX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 01101 11111 11111 00101 010101 11011 1010 01001 11101 00101 11001 11111 101101 111011 01111 00100
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Anaphora

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