This is an analysis of By The Margin Of The Great Deep by George William Russell.

WHEN the breath of twilight blows to flame the misty skies,
All its vaporous sapphire, violet glow and silver gleam,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdXd ecec XbXb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1010111010101 1010010010011101 0110111011001 11100101 1011111110101 10010101010101 1011111001010 11101111 01101001011111 1010101000011 1010101111101 11100101 1111111011111 0010101111111 11001011000101 10100101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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