This is an analysis of The Seeker by Lucy Maud Montgomery.

I sought for my happiness over the world,
Oh, eager and far was my quest;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcdcdee afXfccXcee
  • Stanza lengths: 10,10,
  • Metre: 11111001001 11011111 11011011011 11001101 11001001001 11101011 11011011001 01001001 101111011111 11011101001 111111001001 101011101 101111001001 11001001 11101111111 101011101 111101001001 01011001 010011101101 11001011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

and, i, my, of

Anaphora

i, the