This is an analysis of On Life's Long Round by Mathilde Blind.

On life's long round by chance I found
A dell impearled with dew;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababb cdccd
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,
  • Metre: 11111111 0110001 110010001 100110101 0101 11110101 1101010 11110101 11010101 1101010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 10