This is an analysis of The Old Deer by Ndre Mjeda.

The shepherds abandoned the alpine pastures
For the warmth of the lowland valleys,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbX bcaa XXXX caX
  • Stanza lengths: 6,4,4,3,
  • Metre: 01001001110 101001110 1001011010 0110110 010100011001 0101 0111010011 10101101 00100101 11011101 100101001110110 0101000101010010 010001010101101 100101 111001010110 110010 001001011010001
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 17

Anaphora

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