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

There’s Pan!
See-through the branches yonder!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaca Xcddcdaceeeff aaaXXa
  • Stanza lengths: 6,13,6,
  • Metre: 101 1101010 1110110 0111 110101 010111 110101 110101 010111 100101 1111 1111111 1101 1101001 00110101 10110101 1101 110101 110111 11 11 110101 1100 1010 1
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 25

Repeated words/phrases

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Epiphora

pan

Anadiplosis

pan