This is an analysis of Chosen Hour, The by Ina D. Coolbrith.

Not when the earth, supine,
In sultry summer-shine…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXaaaabbbbXXcc aaddeeffgggg eehddhiijjkk
  • Stanza lengths: 15,12,12,
  • Metre: 110101 010101 100101010 100101 0100101 110101 100101 0111110111 001101 0101010101 011001 100100 1101010100 1101100101 1111000101 110101 011101 1111 110001 111111010010 11110101010 11001 010101 1111011111 0101110011 001101000101 111111 1110110 0101010 1111 1100101 010101 1111 1001001 0101010101 111101 0111010101 10010110001 0111010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 39

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

panted, of, the, and