This is an analysis of A Digit Of The Moon by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt.

This book is written for Man's ultimate need,
A creed of joy sent down to the aged Earth…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaccadefdef
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 01010111001 0101110011 01010010111 0101101111 11111111001 01011100010 100111010010 11010101011 0100010111 0111011111 1101110101 1011111001 1011110101 1111111101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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