This is an analysis of A Good-By by Ina D. Coolbrith.

Good-By!
Under whatever sky…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: AaabbcaA AaddccaaAA
  • Stanza lengths: 8,10,
  • Metre: 01 101101 1110 1101 1001010101 110100 1101 01 01 111101 0101001111 111011 1111110 11101110 110110 1011111101 01 01
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

of, as

Anaphora

good, new

Epiphora

by