This is an analysis of Companioned by Lucy Maud Montgomery.

I walked to-day, but not alone,
Adown a windy, sea-girt lea,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXb XbXb cdXd ceceXabab
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 11011101 10010111 110011001 10010111 010011000 01010111 10010111 0101011011 10110101 11010101 10010111 01010101 110101001 11110111 011111001 010011001 11111101 11010111 11111101 11011111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Anaphora

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