This is an analysis of Immortality by Jean Blewett.

The fluttering leaves above his grave,
The grasses creeping toward the light,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eXeX fgfg
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 010010101 010100101 01010111 11011011 01011111 01010101 010010111 11011111 01010101 11011101 11101111 11101100 11000111 01011111 11010101 10010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

the