This is an analysis of Approaches by George MacDonald.
When thou turn'st away from ill,
Christ is this side of thy hill.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aa bb XX cc dd eeXaa
- Stanza lengths: 2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Metre: 1110101 1001011 1110010 1010011 11111010 10100110 1110101 1010101 1111111 1010001 1010111 1111101 1100111 1011101
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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