This is an analysis of Time And Time by George MacDonald.
As I was walkin on the strand,
I spied ane auld man sit…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcbbXXXXDCX efefXgXXXDCX agXgbXbXXdCX XaXaeXeXXHCX iXiXXgXgXHCh
- Stanza lengths: 12,12,12,12,12,
- Metre: 11110101 111111 111111101 110101 011111111 11101111 11111001011 0101111 111011101 1110010101 1101101101 11001101101 11011111 1010111 0111101101 1011101 011101001 1110111 0111010001 1011111 111011101 1110010101 1101101101 11001101101 110001111 10111101 1110001101 110101 1111010101 101101 011100101 1101111 111011101 11110010101 1101101101 11001101101 1011110111 110111 1101011001 101101 111010101 1101110 10111101 110101 111011101 1111001001 1101101101 1100111000 101110111 111001 11010101 111111 111111011 011101 1010110110 0110111 1011011101 1111001001 1101101101 1101010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 60
Repeated words/phrases
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