This is an analysis of Manchester By Night by Mathilde Blind.

O'er this huge town, rife with intestine wars,
Whence as from monstrous sacrificial shrines…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaaaa bcbcbc
  • Stanza lengths: 8,6,
  • Metre: 10011100101 1101010101 10011100101 11100001001 0101011101 1101011111 01010100111 0101010101 11010111001 1100010111 1101101101 0101011101 1101010101 1101010001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 14