This is an analysis of Loma Alta * by Ina D. Coolbrith.

Scarred with the jagged wounds from ruthless hands,
Despoiled, dishonored of my fair array, -…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbaaabaXb X
  • Stanza lengths: 14,1,
  • Metre: 100110101 10001001101 01110010001 1111001101 01001101001 1011000011 110010101001 1101000101 1101110111 10111100101 1101010100 1011010101 1111111100 0101100101 10111010
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16

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