This is an analysis of She Stood Against The Orient Sun by Mathilde Blind.

She stood against the Orient sun,
Her face inscrutable for light;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc cbcX ddXd XeXe
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 110101011 01010011 010010100 110010101 0100100101 11100101 110100101 00110101 01011101 01000101 10011101 10110100 1101101001 11110001 110010111 11000101 11011111 110101101 010111100 11011111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Anaphora

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