This is an analysis of Fantasy by George William Russell.

OVER all the dream-built margin, flushed with grey and hoary light,
Glint the bubble planets tossing in the dead black sea of night.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccbbXbddeeccff
  • Stanza lengths: 20,
  • Metre: 101011101011101 101010100011101 1010011101010111 101010101010111 101000101010101 111011101010111 111111101000101 101011101111111 1010110010101010 101010111010111 1110111010001000 10110101010101010 1010101011101110 1010101010110010 101010101010101 101010101000101 101010101011101 101010011010111 10100100101010101 0010001010001001
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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