This is an analysis of Danger by Susan Frances Harrison.

WELL! Let him sleep! Time enough to awake
When sunset ushers a kind release,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abA aXA abA abA abAXabaA
  • Stanza lengths: 3,3,3,3,8,
  • Metre: 1111101001 111100101 1101101101 110010101 101111001 1011101001 1100111001 0010101001 1101101101 010001101 10010101 1011101001 10100100111 1111101001 1101101101 0111100101 011101101 1111101001 1101101101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 19

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Anaphora

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