This is an analysis of What The Coal-Heaver Said by Vachel Lindsay.

The moon's an open furnace door
Where all can see the blast,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXaXa XaXa
  • Stanza lengths: 8,4,
  • Metre: 01110101 111101 11001101 011111 11010111 110101 10111111 111111 10011101 0101001 10010100 110001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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