This is an analysis of I Didn’t Win Light In A Windfall by Hayyim Nahman Bialik.

I didn’t win light in a windfall,
nor by deed of a father’s will.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb cddd cece bXXc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11110011 11100100 11011010 11011 001011011 1111011 1010111110 1101 1011101 0101001 1011010 1101 11011011 0100101 11011110 101001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

i, my

Anaphora

i