This is an analysis of Medusa by Louise Bogan.

I had come to the house, in a cave of trees,
Facing a sheer sky.…

Browse poems by Louise Bogan

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa abbcb XdXd Xcac Xaca
  • Stanza lengths: 4,5,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11100100101 10011 10110111001 1101011 10110011 10101 1110101101 01110101010 1001 000110101 100101 01010100110 1011 01001111011 1011111 0101101011 1101 111111011 1001101 11101011110001 111101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 21