This is an analysis of Soul-Drift by Mathilde Blind.

I LET my soul drift with the thistledown
Afloat upon the honeymooning breeze;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bbbb cdcdX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,5,
  • Metre: 1111100100 0101010001 1101010111 10010101001 1101010101 11111100001 0101110001 0100010101 1101110001 1001011011 1111011101 1101010101 1010
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 13

Anaphora

the

Anadiplosis

blown