This is an analysis of Millennium by Ina D. Coolbrith.

The night falls, heavy with the coming storm!
Far out, the ocean frets against the bar,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdaeaefffffcfcghgh bhbXicic
  • Stanza lengths: 24,8,
  • Metre: 0111000101 1101010101 10110100111 1011110111 11001011001 11010010010 0111010111 1101110001 0101000101 1101010101 1101111111 1100110101 1010010111 1110110001 1111010101 1101011101 1001110101 1111010101 1001010101 1101011101 1101011101 0111110101 1001000101 1101001101 1100010101 1111011100 0111010001 1001010111 10010100101 110101101 1101010011 1101110011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

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