This is an analysis of The Chrysalis by George MacDonald.
Methought I floated sightless, nor did know
That I had ears until I heard the cry…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXaabXacdeced
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1011010101 1111011101 1001010100 1111111111 0100110111 1111011111 0101111101 0101110101 1101011111 1101010001 1101010101 01010101001 0101010111 1011010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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