This is an analysis of The Tollman's Daughter by Madison Julius Cawein.
She stood waist-deep among the briers:
Above in twisted lengths were rolled…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xaab cdcd eeee fggh icic ebbe aiia ajajXheef
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11110101 01010101 01010101 100111010 10011101 111110111 110010111 01110101 01111101 011100101 11010101 01011111 11110011 01010111 11101101 11010100 11010111 10110101 01110100 01000101 01110011 11011111 10010101 11000101001 101110011 11010101 01010001 111010101 11001111 01110101 111000111 010111001 01110100 10010111 01010100 11110111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
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