This is an analysis of Resurrection by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay.

I BURIED Joy; and early to the tomb
I came to weep--so sorrowful was I…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXaaa
  • Stanza lengths: 7,
  • Metre: 1101110001 1101110011 1111111111 1101111111 1101110111 1101111111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 6

Repeated words/phrases

i, joy

Anaphora

i