This is an analysis of Listening Back by Ina D. Coolbrith.

There are no comrade roses at my window,
No green things in the lane;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaba bcdcdc
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,
  • Metre: 11111101110 111001 01011100110 010101 01010101010 110101 01010101010 010101 01010101010 110101 11000100010 011101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

no, silence