This is an analysis of Identity by Thomas Bailey Aldrich.

SOMEWHERE--in desolate wind-swept space--
In Twilight-land--in No-man's land--…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cXcX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 110100111 01110111 110011101 111101 1011101101 10000101 1011010101 10101110
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 9

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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