This is an analysis of Cosmos by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay.
THE tiny thing of painted gauze that flutters in the sun
And sinks upon the breast of night with all its living done;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aa bb bX cc
- Stanza lengths: 2,2,2,2,
- Metre: 01010101110001 11010101010101 010000110010101 10010101011101 01010111010001 011011110110100 11010101110101 1111110101100000
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 8
Anaphora
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