This is an analysis of Analkh by Mathilde Blind.

Like a great rock which looming o'er the deep
Casts his eternal shadow on the strands,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba cccccc
  • Stanza lengths: 8,6,
  • Metre: 10111101001 1001011101 1101010001 1101010001 0101010001 1100111001 1101010001 1010010101 11011100111 1111010101 10010010101 1101011101 11111100111 0111010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 14