This is an analysis of The Mother Of Zebedee's Children by George MacDonald.
She knelt, she bore a bold request,
Though shy to speak it out:…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbX dede dfdf acac cfcf gaga gagaXcaca
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11110101 110101 010100101 011101 10111101 111111 11111111 111001 11111111 0100101 11011001 111111 01011101 011101 01011101 101011 11110101001 100111 110111001 110111 11010111 010111 10110101 011101 10111111 011001 110111001 110101 110010101 010101 01011101 111101 11011101 1010111 10110101 11010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
thy
Anaphora
will
