This is an analysis of The Place Of Rest by George William Russell.

The soul is its own witness and its own refuge.

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X abaX cdcd baba efef
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 010011010110 10010111 01010101 10010101 011101000 01010101 01010101 11010011 010010001 01001001 11010111 01010111 11000101 10110101 0100101011 01010101 01010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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