This is an analysis of After The Battles by Ina D. Coolbrith.

The dead are beneath the sod,
And the flowers above them blooming;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba XXbX Xcbc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 0110101 101001010 0111001 101001010 0111001 001101110 10101011 001001110 1100101 11001010 10100101 00101010
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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