This is an analysis of On A Torso Of Cupid by Mathilde Blind.

PEACH trees and Judas trees,
Poppies and roses,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXabbcc aXaXdXee fgfgddhX ijiXeeii hjhjeeXfX
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,9,
  • Metre: 111101 10110 101000 01010 100101 101111 100101 100101 110101 10010 100101 11100 010100 100100 100100 010101 110111 10110 110111 10010 110111 1101001 110101 100100 110101 11010 100111 01010 111111 101101 111101 100101 111111 10110 101101 11110 110101 111101 111111 110101 1010
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 41

Anaphora

clothing, after