This is an analysis of The Tryst by Jean Blewett.

The harvest moon in yellow haze
Is steeping all the sea and land,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd dede
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 01010101 01010111 01011101 01010101 11110111 11111101 01000111 11010101 01100111 11110111 01011111 01011101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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