This is an analysis of Question And Answear by Ina D. Coolbrith.

“What gift hast thou got for Me,
The Crucified for thee? ”…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb ddaeea dddXXd ffeaae bbfggf
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 1111111 010111 1101 111111 011100 1011 011111 011111 1011 101101 0101001 0101 111111 111111 0011 010101 111111 0101 111111 001101 1101 100101 110001 1101 101111 111100 1101 111111 101101 1001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 30

Repeated words/phrases

nor, thy

Anaphora

in