This is an analysis of On A Letter by Mathilde Blind.

I.
SUNBEAMS can fling no purer brightness o'er the sea…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaa Xbaba caca
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,4,
  • Metre: 1 1011110101001 1110111010001 110101110011 111111111101 1 11010101 010111 11010101 010101 11010001 011101 11010111 011101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 15

Repeated words/phrases

no

Anaphora

and