This is an analysis of Beyond by Katharine Lee Bates.

COLOSSAL orb of space,
Sparkling with diamond…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcaacBdeefdfdafbbBabbabghhgBgghhbggffgffgbiiijjb
  • Stanza lengths: 49,
  • Metre: 010101 100010 010111 110011 011001 100001 1101 1101010111 100101 110101 010101 1001101 1101 010101100001 0101010101 11 110101 1101000101 1101 101101 0100100111 0101011100 10010101 1111110101 1101010111 110011 0101 011100010111 1101 01010111 01110100 11010001 01011010101 011101 0101010101 0111010101 0101010001 1101 010001 100100 100 1111 1011010101 010101001 010010111 1011010001 11110101 01010101 010011
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 49

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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