This is an analysis of The Refuge by Katharine Tynan.

I will lift mine eyes to the mountains,
To the mountains whence cometh my aid;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cXcX cdcd XaXa cece
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 101110010 001011011 11100101010 111001 110111001 1101001 01010011011 010100 0100101011 111110101 01101010111 10101011 101011010 1010101101 1101000111110 0010001 1111010011 10111001 0100101011 111111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

of, and

Anaphora

the, where