This is an analysis of William Keith, Artist by Ina D. Coolbrith.

We read that under the far Indian skies,
The dusk magician with his magic wand…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba cbdcbdefef
  • Stanza lengths: 8,10,
  • Metre: 11110011001 0101000101 1001011001 10010011101 00110111001 1011100101 111101001 01011110111 1111000101 0110010101 1011010011 1101010101 0101010101 0101010101 01010111 110101001 11010111 11011111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

and

Anaphora

the, and