This is an analysis of Glass by Robert Francis.

Words of a poem should be glass
But glass so simple-subtle its shape…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXb Xca bXa caX
  • Stanza lengths: 3,3,3,3,
  • Metre: 10010101 111101001 0101010101 011101010 101101010 01110100010 110111010 01100100 0100010101 00010001 10011001 1001010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

glass

Anaphora

the