This is an analysis of To The Obelisk by Mathilde Blind.

DURING THE GREAT FROST, 1881.

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X XaabbXab cdcddc
  • Stanza lengths: 1,8,6,
  • Metre: 100111 1110010100 1100110101 1011110111 1001111101 0111001101 0110110101 0101010111 1101110111 1101111101 1101100101 110100100101 1111011101 1001111101 000111011011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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