This is an analysis of Point Bonita by Ina D. Coolbrith.

The wind blows cold and the wind blow keen,
And the dreary wintry sleet is falling;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX baba cdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 011110111 1010101010 110011101 0101010 100110101 101110100 1011100101 10111001 1100110101 101010111 100100101 1100111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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