This is an analysis of The Bridge Builder by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay.
OF old the Winds came romping down,
Oh, wild and free were they!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcb Xded beXe daXa fcfc ggXg baXa abab Xfaf fhghXacgc
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 01011101 111101 11010101 110101 11011111 1101001 11010111 110101 10110111 110101 100100100 110101 11011101 110101 100101111 010101 01010111 101111 11110111 110101 11010101 100101 01011101 110101 01000101 110101 01111101 110101 01011101 110111 11011101 111111 11010101 111101 01111101 010001 01010101 110101 11011101 110101 11011101 010101 11010001 110101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 11
- Lines: 44
Repeated words/phrases
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