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;…

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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

the, and