This is an analysis of An Answer by Ina D. Coolbrith.
The wind was very sad among the branches,
The moon had hid its light;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXb XcXc ddbd aebe
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 01110101010 011101 11110100010 111101 11010111010 111011 11110100110 111101 11110111110 101101 11011111110 110101 11010111010 011101 11110011010 100111
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 16
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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