This is an analysis of Smoke by George MacDonald.

Lord, I have laid my heart upon thy altar
But cannot get the wood to burn;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcdXadad
  • Stanza lengths: 4,9,
  • Metre: 11111101110 11010101 01011001010 100101 111110111010 01111101 111100110010 010101 11111101010 10111101 11111110110 111101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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