This is an analysis of The Woman Who Came Behind Him In The Crowd by George MacDonald.

Near him she stole, rank after rank;
She feared approach too loud;…

Read full poem

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd ebeb efef gcgc dXdf
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11111101 110111 11010111 1001001 01110101 011101 01111001 110101 11011101 100110 01010101 011101 01011111 101111 10111101 111111 00110111 010101 01110101 1101001 10111001 1111110 01011101 110001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

she

Anaphora

she