This is an analysis of Ecce Homo by Ina D. Coolbrith.

As the sands beneath the seas
And the sands beside,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcbcXXccbbXc
  • Stanza lengths: 15,
  • Metre: 1010101 10101 10100101 100101 0100101 01101 111101 1101000 01 101101 101101 101101 101101 010001 101111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 15

Repeated words/phrases

sands

Anaphora

and