This is an analysis of To One Consecrated by George William Russell.

YOUR paths were all unknown to us:
We were so far away from you:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc cccc dXdcXdcdc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 11010101 10110101 11011101 01010111 01010101 011001010 11010101 01000110010 01010111 11110101 01010011 01010101 10110011 110100101 11110111 01110101 11110101 11111101 11110111 11010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

Anaphora

we, the, her