This is an analysis of The True by George MacDonald.

I envy the tree-tops that shake so high
In winds that fill them full of heavenly airs;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba bccbdd
  • Stanza lengths: 8,6,
  • Metre: 1100111111 01110101001 11010010111 0011010001 1101010111 11010101011 11111100101 1111010011 1111011111 1011000110 11011101110 1110111111 11110111001 0100111111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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