This is an analysis of Unto The Day by Ina D. Coolbrith.

Shall we count the reeds at our feet,
Or the fluttering, falling leaves?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbababa ccdd ccceeaaafaf
  • Stanza lengths: 8,4,11,
  • Metre: 11101111 10100101 1100101 001001 1001010 1010101 010101 0101 0110111 100101 111 0101100 0110101 001001 1110111 111111 01001 0100101 110001 110011 111101 010111 0111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 23

Repeated words/phrases

to

Anaphora

or, with

Anadiplosis

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