This is an analysis of The Gift by George William Russell.

I THOUGHT, beloved, to have brought to you
A gift of quietness and ease and peace,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXab bcbcXbbbb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,9,
  • Metre: 1101001101 0101001111 1011100101 100111 1011110101 1101010101 0011010101 110111 1011110101 1011010101 1101010101 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

of, , my

Anaphora

and