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

IF we could salvage Babylon
From times's grim heap of dust and bones;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdddee fafagggbb chehiiidd
  • Stanza lengths: 9,9,9,
  • Metre: 01110101 010110111 01111101 01010101 0101 1111 111101001 01010101 10011101 01101001 01010111 11011101 01010101 0011 1101 1110101 10110101 11000101 11110101 01000111 11110100 11110101 0111 0111 01110101 11010100 01011111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 27