This is an analysis of A Blue Coat by Gertrude Stein.

A blue coat is guided guided away, guided and guided away, that is the particular color that is used for that length and not any width not even more than a shadow.

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X
  • Stanza lengths: 1,
  • Metre: 011010100110110011001100101011111110111011011
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 1