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

WIND of the North, O far, wild wind
Born of a far, lone sea--…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcdcbc XdXdddXadad
  • Stanza lengths: 4,6,11,
  • Metre: 10011111 100111 11111101 111101 11000101 1100001 01001101 010100 11011101 011011 11011110 111001 11100101 110001 01011101 100101 10011101 110111 00110001 111101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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