This is an analysis of Polytheist by Lesbia Harford.

One comes to love the little saints,
As years go by.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababXbXccXddXebebffX
  • Stanza lengths: 20,
  • Metre: 11010101 1011 11010101 1111 1100 1011 1111 11010101 01001 1010011011000 1101 0111 0111 01010101 1101 11111101 1111 1111 1111 0011
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 20

Anaphora

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