This is an analysis of The Woman Of Whom Satan Had Bound by George MacDonald.
For years eighteen she, patient soul,
Her eyes had graveward sent;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef XgXg hhhh ijij klkl kckc ififXfcfc
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 10011101 0111001 01011101 111111 11001101 110001 10011101 111101 01110101 100101 110101001 110111 01010101 1001011 01000101 110101 10000111 100001 111010 110101 11111111 1101010 01010101 01010010 11010101 010101 10111101 010101 11010101 111101 11011101 101101 11011101 1101001 11010001 010111 11111111 1000101 01110111 110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 40
Anaphora
her, what, who, to
