This is an analysis of Pilate's Wife by George MacDonald.
Why came in dreams the low-born man
Between thee and thy rest?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eXef gfgf hbhb idiX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11010111 011111 01110101 110101 011100101 110110 11010001 011101 11110101 110111 010001101 1101001 01110101 0100101 110101001 100011 11110111 101101 01011101 000101 10000111 010111 01011101 110100
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 24
