This is an analysis of Marguerite De Roberval by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay.
O THE long days and nights! The days that bring
No sunshine that my shrinking soul can bear,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcdXefbghX fgeijekh lgbgbebmgcgbnme lmiboeXjeim nekiphmia bpbp iadokcgle pelb pligk bmemiebXcjilfb
- Stanza lengths: 11,8,15,11,9,4,9,4,5,14,
- Metre: 1011110111 1111110111 0111110101 1111110101 1111001111 1111010101 1011111101 11101101 011001011111 0111110101 101111 1111 1101011111 1111110101 0101000101 1110110101 01110100001 0111110101 110101 1111 1111011111 0101110001 1101011011 11010011001 0101010111 1101110101 11001101010 1111011010 1111111100 0101011100 1111110111 0101111101 0101011101 110111011111 11110101 1011111111 1111111111 1111010001 1111110101 1101011101 0101011101 1111110111 1101001101 0111001111 111111 1101 1101011111 1101011111 01111000111 10001010111 1101110101 1001110101 1101101101 1101010 111 1111111111 1011000101 111011 0111 1011111111 1111111101 0100111111 0100010111 1110010101 1101111111 0101110101 101101 0111 1111011111 1110110110 1111110101 1101111111 11111101001 0101111101 1111111111 1111010011 111101011 1111110101 1101111101 11001111101 0101111101 0101011111 11110011 0111111111 0111010101 0111011101 0100010101 1111011111 01010100111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 12
- Lines: 90
Repeated words/phrases
that, my, not, world, i, and, knew, his, fear, of, to
Anaphora
was, to