This is an analysis of From The Temple by Virna Sheard.
HERE is the perfume of the leaves, the incense of the pines–
The magic scent that hath been pent…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abacc cbcdd aXaee
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,
- Metre: 10001001001001 01011101 010101 11010101 101110101 11010100101101 10011101 011101 100100011 11011011 11011100010101 1101001010 110111 11010111 11010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 15
Anadiplosis
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