This is an analysis of The Dying Dragoman by Mathilde Blind.
Far in the fiery wilderness,
Beyond the town of Assouan,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXaXbbba cdXdeeec fdfdgggf dhdhiiid fjXjaaff bfbfgggb hbhbhhhh kikihhhX ffffjjjf aaaaggga lflfffff fmXm eeef fhfhdddf efefjjje jhjhnnnjXdfdfbbbf
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,4,4,8,8,17,
- Metre: 100100100 0101010 11000101 11010100 01010101 01111001 11011101 01000101 011100101 10110101 01010010 11011111 01110101 11100101 10111101 01000101 10110101 10011111 11000101 11011101 11111111 01011101 11110101 01010001 11010111 01010101 01100101 01000101 010011101 10111101 11010101 110101 11010101 010111001 0111001000 01010101 11011101 100010111 10101101 01110101 01100111 11010101 11010101 11010101 10110101 11011101 11110101 11011101 1011111101 11110101 11111111 01110101 11100111 01111101 01111101 11101111 1010111010 11011101 110111010 11110101 01101111 01010101 11010101 1111011100 11011101 11010111 11010111 110101001 110111001 110100111 11110101 01010111 01111101 01010001 01010111 011001001 11011111 01111101 01010111 10000101 01010111 01100101 01010111 01010101 01111101 11110101 10110101 11110101 01010101 11010101 010111100 11010111 101100101 011100101 1100101 01010101 01110111 011101111 10010111 11011101 11011101 11010001 010010101 100100100 01110111 11010111 01010111 01111101 11001101 010101001 01111101 11011101 010100101 01110101 01010101 11010101 11010101 10011101 01010101 01011101 11111001 01110001 01010111 01110101 11010011 01011111 11010101 10100101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 17
- Lines: 128
Repeated words/phrases
in, i, take, land, my
Anaphora
the, and, he, my, his
