This is an analysis of The Temple by Kenneth Patchen.
To leave the earth was my wish, and no will stayed my rising.
Early, before sun had filled the roads with carts…
Browse poems by Kenneth Patchen
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXXb XXaXXa
- Stanza lengths: 5,6,
- Metre: 01011111101110 10011110101 01010101010 01111101010 001001111 111111111111 111010111011 10 111011011100 111010110101110 10110101111
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 11
Repeated words/phrases
to, no, i
Anaphora
i
Epiphora
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