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Why? by Walter de la Mare: poem analysis

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This is an analysis of Why? by Walter de la Mare.

Ever, ever
Stir and shiver…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: AabaAcacXdbd
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 1010 1110 01110 1010 1010 1001 01110 101 1110 111 1110 110
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12

Anaphora

what

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