This is an analysis of Night Watch, The by Ina D. Coolbrith.
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At Bethlehem…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcdddceefXddXXcggcddffdddffd XhcaacbdbfdahdfX
- Stanza lengths: 29,16,
- Metre: 1 1101 101001 1111 101111 110111 1100101 100111 100111 010111 10100101 110101 10100111 1 10100 101001 1111 011100 0111 110101 111111 100101 1101 0011111 1111101 110111 111001110 10101010 10100101 1 1011100 101001 1111 111111 11001 110111 011111 011111 001101 011101 010111 010101 111101 110101 010101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 45
Repeated words/phrases
and, well, we
Anaphora
the
