This is an analysis of Welcome To Egypt by Mathilde Blind.

The Palms stood motionless as Pyramids
Against the golden halo of the sky;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbXabba cdcbdX
  • Stanza lengths: 8,6,
  • Metre: 0111001100 0101010001 0100010111 1001010100 0101110101 10001010101 11110010101 10011011101 1011010101 101100100101 0100011100 100110101 11010101001 11010101110
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 14