This is an analysis of Mariposa Lily, The by Ina D. Coolbrith.
Insect or blossom? Fragile, fairy thing,
Poised upon slender tip, and quivering…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbaccXXcXddX
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1111010101 1011011100 0101000101 01001010101 1101010101 0101001101 01011010111 01010100100 111010100110 1011011100 1101000111 1101110101 1101010101 111110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Anaphora
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