This is an analysis of White Moments by Katharine Lee Bates.

THE best of life, what is it but white moments?
Those swift illuminations when we see…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcdaefegbgdhgXghgfgXigiahch
  • Stanza lengths: 28,
  • Metre: 01011001110 1110000111 01011101011 1110000100 11010101010 1111110011 010100100010 1101011101 110101001010 1001010101 101101101010 0101111100 11010101110 0101111101 11010100010 0100010001 11010101010 110101001 01001001010 01010010100 11010101110 1011010101 01110101010 1000010111 01011001110 1011011101 1000101010 0101011101
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

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