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.…
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