This is an analysis of The Witch by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay.
HER hair was gold and warm it lay
Upon the pallor of her brow;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gdgd acac hihi aaaa ffXX gggg dXda
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 01111101 01010001 01011111 10111101 11010101 10011101 11110111 01010111 11100101 011101011 01011101 10011101 11010001 10011111 10010101 11011101 11000101 11111111 01011001 11010111 01111101 11011111 01010101 11010101 11001100 11010101 01010111 11111101 11000101 10111101 1111101 11111111 110000101 11010101 11010101 01110001 11011101 11110100 11010111 01011101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
her, and, she, of, '
Anaphora
and, they
Epiphora
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