This is an analysis of Illusion by George William Russell.
WHAT is the love of shadowy lips
That know not what they seek or press,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc Xdbd
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
- Metre: 100101001 11111111 01011101 11110100 01001101 11011111 11010101 11110101 11011110 01010101 0101010011 10100001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 12
Repeated words/phrases
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