This is an analysis of Traveller's Song by George MacDonald.

Bands of dark and bands of light
Lie athwart the homeward way;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efegegf hchc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,7,4,
  • Metre: 1011101 1010101 1110101 1010101 1000101 101010010 11111011 10101010 1010111 1111111 1110101 1111 1 1 1 1011111 1010101 11101001 1010101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

of, now, and

Anaphora

now