This is an analysis of The Skull by Mary E Fullerton.

O BOWL that held the hot imprisoned fire,
Cup where the sacred essence used to burn—…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbacbbc dededX
  • Stanza lengths: 8,6,
  • Metre: 11110101010 1101010101 1101011101 11010101010 1111010101 0101010111 1111010101 1001011101 1111010101 1101010001 1111011101 0111011101 1110000101 1101010100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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