This is an analysis of A Symbol by Mathilde Blind.
Hurrying for ever in their restless flight
The generations of earth's teeming womb…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaabXa cddcdc
- Stanza lengths: 8,6,
- Metre: 10011001101 0101001101 10010110001 11010100001 1101010101 000110001 1101010110 1011010001 1101011111 0111111101 10100010101 1101000111 10010010101 0101010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 14