This is an analysis of Unrest by George MacDonald.

Comes there, O Earth, no breathing time for thee,
No pause upon thy many-chequered lands?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbcabbcaddaad
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111110111 11011101001 1101110101 11110101000 1101010001 1011000111 1101010101 1011010100 1101010101 1011010101 0101011101 10010011111 1111011101 0101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14