This is an analysis of Rest by George MacDonald.
I.
When round the earth the Father's hands…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a bcbcadad efefgaga X eaeabhbh bhbhijij X bkbk debeb blblbbbb X jdjdmdmdXibibdada
- Stanza lengths: 1,8,8,1,8,8,1,4,5,8,1,17,
- Metre: 1 11010101 110101 11010101 1100001 111100101 010101 111101101 100001 010101101 110101 01010111 1100111 10111101 110111 001101101 110111 1 10010101 111111 11010001 110111 11110101 010111 01011101 010001 01110101 010101 11011111 111101 11111011 010011 11110101 011011 1 11110101 01011 11010001 01011 1 11100101 010101 11010001 011111 00011101 010111 01010101 010101 01110101 110101 11010001 110101 1 11001101 110101 01010101 100101 10110111 010101 10010111 110001 11011101 110101 10110101 110101 01011111 110101 11010111 111101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 13
- Lines: 72
Repeated words/phrases
and
Anaphora
the