This is an analysis of The Watchers by Katharine Tynan.
THE cottages all lie asleep;
The sheep and lambs are folded in…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd ebeb fcfc cgcg dXdX hbhbXbaba
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 01001101 01111100 11000101 010100101 01001111 10110101 01001111 11000111 01010101 01010111 11110101 01010101 01010101 110100101 11010111 11011101 11011101 01010101 11110111 11010101 11011101 01011111 11010101 11111111 11010101 11010101 110111011 1101011001 11010101 11010101 10010111 01010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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