This is an analysis of On Guido's Aurora by Mathilde Blind.

GLORIOUS, in saffron robes and veil unfurled,
Borne on the wind of her ecstatic flight,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba accaca
  • Stanza lengths: 8,6,
  • Metre: 10001011101 1101000101 0101010101 110010101001 1111010101 0101010001 10010011111 100100100101 1101010101 01011110111 1101100111 1101010101 0101110001 1001011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 14