This is an analysis of A Lost Day by Ina D. Coolbrith.
From the shadowy shores of Dreamland,
In a far and ethereal zone,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XabA cbAB Xbdb eafa fdcd bgcg ageg cbABXbabA
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 001001011 001101001 1111011111 10100111 11011010 11001001 01001110 1100101 111011010 1111101 110111010 0100101 110110010 1110101 010010010 11101101 110110010 1100111 11110010 11100101 110110011 0101111 110010110 01001001 11011110 101001001 11011110 10100001 111111010 11001001 01001110 1100101 101001110 10101111 0010011111 10100111
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
strange, and
Anaphora
i, strange
