This is an analysis of The Corner Stone by Walter de la Mare.
Sterile these stones
By time in ruin laid.…
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Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXbab bcacXc adXXdd XeXeee
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 1011 110101 1100101 01011 0111011 111101 0100101 1101 111011 101101 110101 1101 1100101 1101 1110010 001010 01001001 110101 01101001 1011 1001001 11101 11001101101 01111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 24
Anaphora
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