This is an analysis of The Returned Man by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay.

THEY thought that he would come back
Quieter,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaaaabXXXbaXX
  • Stanza lengths: 16,
  • Metre: 1111111 100 110 110100101 111011 101100 111110 1011010 1010 100 11001110 11010 111110 0101 1100 10111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 16