This is an analysis of Cross-Roads by Mathilde Blind.

The rain beat in our faces,
And shrill the wild airs grew;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd cece fgfg
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 0110110 110111 0111010 101010101 0101010 110011 1111010 010101 1011010 010101 1101010 110101 1101110 100111 1101110 011111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Anaphora

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