This is an analysis of Cross-Roads by Mathilde Blind.
The rain beat in our faces,
And shrill the wild airs grew;…
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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