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

I had been dead so many years-
And I had missed you so.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd aeaefefe
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,
  • Metre: 11011100 111111 110101011 111101 11110111 1100101 11010101 011101 11011001 100101 11110011 111101 11111101 110101 10110101 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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