This is an analysis of The Gatekeeper by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay.
THE sunlight falls on old Quebec,
A city framed of rose and gold,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXbcdceX bdedfefXb Xgcghbhhh gibijfjkk afhfiXibb
- Stanza lengths: 9,9,9,9,9,
- Metre: 01111101 01010111 11011100 01010101 11010111 11001101 11011101 11010100 11011100 11110011 11010101 110011101 01100101 11010111 10110111 11110101 11010110 01110101 11010100 01110111 01110101 01111101 01010111 11111101 01011101 10111111 11000100 11010101 11011101 01000111 11110101 10110101 01111101 110011101 10111111 11010101 01111101 10010101 11010111 11001101 11110111 01111111 11011011 11011111 11000111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 45
Repeated words/phrases
higher, flag
Anaphora
his, and