This is an analysis of The Banshee by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay.
THE Banshee cries on the rising wind
'O-hoho, O hoho-o-o!'…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aBaaB cBccB dBddB eBeeB dBddX
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,5,
- Metre: 001110101 11111111 010110101 110101101 11111111 111101101 11111111 110100111 100110011 11111111 1101010101 11111111 11110111 11010101 11111111 10111111 11111111 11010111 11110101 11111111 101010011 11111111 11111111 010010111 1010100
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 25
Repeated words/phrases
o, hoho