This is an analysis of Mary by George MacDonald.
I.
She sitteth at the Master's feet…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a baba cdcd dddd beb ae fbfb fgXg dhdh fia fa Xfhf bhbh dada X hfhf eheh gcgc ifif bfbf bjbj bebX bkbk
- Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,3,2,4,4,4,3,2,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 1 11010101 010001 01010101 100101 11110101 011101 01010101 010101 00111011 010001 01010001 010101 010100101 110111 01010111 1 10101 11010101 111111 01111001 010001 10011111 111101 100111010 110111 110001001 100111 01011111 110101 01010001 01010 1 11010101 110101 11111101 110101 01011110 101101 11010011 100101 11010101 110100 11011101 110101 11000101 1011001 1 11010111 0011001 11011101 110111 01010111 0101001 11010101 010101 01010101 010101 01011101 011111 110101001 110101 01010111 110101 11110101 111111 10010101 110001 01100101 110111 11010101 110101 11010101 110111 110101001 110111 011001001 011101 01010011 111101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 24
- Lines: 83
Repeated words/phrases
her, oh, and
Anaphora
with, and, 'twas, the
