This is an analysis of The Furies by Weldon Kees.

Not a third that walks beside me,
But five or six or more.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ABcXbdefgegbXhb ABhdcibdjcjbcab ABbkbjjjbkfjicfecf
  • Stanza lengths: 15,15,18,
  • Metre: 10111011 111111 1011111 111010101 011111 01110101 1110011 0100011001 00110111 1100111 101010110 1011101 011101100 001001010 100101 10111011 111111 1001110 110001 11011011 10101101 1101101 011101 1100101 110101 110101 011101 0101101 101110101 0101001 10111011 111111 1101111 010101 0101001 1011001 100101 100101 1111101 010111 1101001 11101101 100101 110111 1010101 110101 010111 010011
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 48

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

that, a