This is an analysis of Sunset On The River by Madison Julius Cawein.

A Sea of onyx are the skies,
Cloud-islanded with fire;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXX X bXbacc X Xcacdd X ededff
  • Stanza lengths: 6,1,6,1,6,1,6,
  • Metre: 01010101 1100010 1110111 011101 11011111 10000100 1 11010001 1101110 01011101 0101010 01011111 01010101 1 01010110 0101010 01010011 1101010 010111101 11010101 1 10110101 1111010 01110001 1101010 01110111 11010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 27

Anaphora

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