This is an analysis of Why Will You Haunt Me by Mathilde Blind.

Why will you haunt me unawares,
And walk into my sleep,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaabaaaa cdccdcece
  • Stanza lengths: 9,9,
  • Metre: 10111101 110011 100100101 11101101 110101 11110101 0101001 010100101 010101 11010101 011101 11011111 101111001 111101 110111011 110101 11110101 011111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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