This is an analysis of Across The Red Sky by Katherine Mansfield.

Across the red sky two birds flying,
Flying with drooping wings.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXXcaXcb
  • Stanza lengths: 11,
  • Metre: 010111110 100101 101101011001 110010101010 1011000111110 10110010010 100100101 101100111010 101011001011 010110011 10100101
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 11

Anadiplosis

flying