This is an analysis of Comfort by Katharine Tynan.

Now she need dread no more to grow
Too old for him, she need not know…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbb ccddeX ddeeff eeggcc
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 11111101 11111111 01001111 10101101 11010101 10010101 11100111 10010111 01110111 01111100 11111101 01100101 11100111 110100111 11111101 01010101 100111001 11010101 11110101 11011101 10110100 11010100 01011111 100111001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 24

Anaphora

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