This is an analysis of Legend by Harold Hart Crane.

As silent as a mirror is believed
Realities plunge in silence by . . .…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ab cXXXcde aeXf cdffXa bXXf Xf
  • Stanza lengths: 2,7,4,6,4,2,
  • Metre: 1101010001 010010101 111101010 10101101 111101 01011100 001101 101 0101110 00001 0101010 1101011 110101 111 01010101 101001101 01011001 10001010 001 1111010011 11110100 0101011111 0100110001 0100010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 25

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