This is an analysis of Suppose by Walter de la Mare.

Suppose ... and suppose that a wild little Horse of Magic
Came cantering out of the sky,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba cded efgf bcfc hXeX ichc ichc hbgb jajaXh
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,6,
  • Metre: 01101101101010 11001001 010010100010110 01101 111100011010011 01001 1100101001110 001001 111110101010 1100001 01001011001101011 11011 10101110111101110 11101001 111110110111011 01011001 1110011010010010 1011011 111101011011110 1011 11001110011010 11100110 10010111010010 11001 11011001110010 11001011 10111101100110 01101 1110010010010110 1111010011 10111011010010 111011 11101011001110110 1101111 100110111111100010 11011 01101
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 10
  • Lines: 37

Repeated words/phrases

of, and, in, never

Anaphora

and