This is an analysis of The Dead Hand by George MacDonald.
The witch lady walked along the strand,
Heard a roaring of the sea,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abac dbdb eaea fbfc agag ahah aiaiXaafa
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 011010101 1010001 10100110111 0110110 10110101 110111 110101101 111111 1010101001 00101101 11011101 111111 11011001 110111 01110101 1010110 11011101 111101 001111111 1110101 1011101 100111 110011111 1100101 10011101 0011101 1011100101 10100101 101001101001 111101 1011001011 11011001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
crept, up, her
Anaphora
now, come, crept
