This is an analysis of A Hope by Ina D. Coolbrith.
It befell me on a day-
Long ago; ah, long ago!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aBacbccaa BaaddXeeX
- Stanza lengths: 9,9,
- Metre: 0011101 1011101 1111001 0011001 1010011 0110111 1011101 1011101 1010111 1011101 1111101 1110101 1110100 1011001 1010111 1011111 1110001 1010101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 18
Repeated words/phrases
and, may
Anaphora
and
