This is an analysis of The Materialist by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay.

MY soul has left its tent of clay
And seeks from star to star,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababXXca deXedfXf XcfcXaXX
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 11110101 110101 11011100 110111 01111111 111111 11110100 011001 11111101 111100 011101011 100100 01110101 010101 11010101 0110101 11110001 011101 10011001 0101001 11111101 011001 11111111 111111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

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Epiphora

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