This is an analysis of Meeting And Parting by Madison Julius Cawein.

When from the tower, like some sweet flower,
The bell drops petals of the hour,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabcXcb XXccX Xddbdddb dXeeX
  • Stanza lengths: 7,5,8,5,
  • Metre: 1001011110 011100010 1101010 11110101 11010111 11010101 0101010 01110101 110101 11110111 11110011 1101110 1 11110101 01110101 1101010 11110111 11011011 11001101 0101110 01110101 101101 11110101 10111111 1100110
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 25

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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