This is an analysis of Rest by Mathilde Blind.

WE are so tired, my heart and I.
Of all things here beneath the sky…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccbb ddee ffgg
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 111101111 01110101 11011111 10010001 111101111 11011111 11010101 11010101 10110111 001000101 11010101 11000101 111101111 11111101 11011101 01010001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Anaphora

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