This is an analysis of The Imprisoned Lark by Jean Blewett.

Did you send your song to the gates of gold
In the days of long ago?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaab cacca dadda eaeea afaaf acaac bebbe ghggh iaiiaXagag
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,10,
  • Metre: 0111100101 0010101 0101011001 11111001101 1110011 1111101001 0110101 1110101111 1011111011 1101001 0111100011 1011101 1110101101 0100111111 1110111 0101101101 1110101 110110111 010100101 00100101 01110101001 1101001 1110100101 1100101101 1011111 1111101001 1110101 0110010101 110111011 1100001 11011001011 1110101 1110101011 1100101111 1001001 1100101011 1101101 1000101001 110101101 1100101 111011101 0110101 1101110111 11100101111 1100101 100111001 1001001 100111001 0100111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 10
  • Lines: 49

Repeated words/phrases

of, to, and

Anaphora

o