This is an analysis of The Alchemist by Louise Bogan.

I burned my life, that I might find
A passion wholly of the mind,…

Browse poems by Louise Bogan

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddeeff
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,
  • Metre: 11111111 01010001 1010111 10010101 11110101 00110111 010101010 10101010 01110101 11110001 10110101 1000100
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 12