This is an analysis of This World by George MacDonald.

Thy world is made to fit thine own,
A nursery for thy children small,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dbdbee fXfgcc ededee hghggg iXiXee bfbfccXieiebb
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Metre: 11010111 010011101 01110011 110111001 11010101 11001101 01010011 11110101 11110101 11101101 01011111 11111000 01010111 11111100 110100011 01010111 11111101 01110101 01011111 011101001 10101101 11101101 011100101 11011110 111101001 01111001 11001011101 100010101 11011001 11001001 01010100 11110101 01010101 01010110 110101001 11010011 01111100 01011111 01010101 11000101 110010011 11000101 11111100 11110111 11001101 01111101 11110101 01111101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 48

Repeated words/phrases

thy, that, in, all, and

Anaphora

thou, all