This is an analysis of The Moon In The Wood by Madison Julius Cawein.

From hill and hollow, side by side,
The shadows came, like dreams, to sit…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaXacbcbcdedeX X fafafgbgbghihih X bjbjbekekeaaaaa
  • Stanza lengths: 15,1,15,1,15,
  • Metre: 01110111 01111101 110100111 01111110 10111111 11010101 11010101 01010101 10011101 11000111 11010101 110100101 01010101 010010101 110010111 1 01110101 01011101 110100111 01011101 11000111 11010101 01010111 01010101 010011101 11000111 01010111 01010101 10010101 01011111 11010001 1 11111101 10010111 11110111 011010111 11000101 11010101 110010101 110101011 11011111 110011001 11010101 11000101 01010111 111111001 11010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 47

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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