This is an analysis of In The Library by Ina D. Coolbrith.
Who say these walls are lonely-these-
They may not see the motley throng…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdad eaea fgfg acac dedX efef hihiXeaea
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11111101 11110101 11001111 01010101 11111101 11010101 01010111 10110010 11011101 010111010 11010101 110101110 11110101 01010101 11110101 0101001 110100101 01110001 11110111 01000101 11110101 010010101 11010101 010101 11010101 11010101 11110101 0110111 01110111 01110101 11011101 01011111 01111101 01010101 01000111 110111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
here, and
Anaphora
here
