This is an analysis of I Can Not Count My Life A Loss by Ina D. Coolbrith.

I can not count my life a loss,
With all its length of evil days.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababb cdcddXabaab
  • Stanza lengths: 5,11,
  • Metre: 11111101 01010101 11010101 01011111 11111111 11010001 11010101 11010111 11111101 11111111 11111101 01010100 11011101 11010111 11010110
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 15

Repeated words/phrases

i, and

Anaphora

for