This is an analysis of The Crystal Cabinet by William Blake.

The Maiden caught me in the wild,
Where I was dancing merrily;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbX abab XcXc Xdad Xaaa eebe aaXaX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
  • Metre: 01011001 11110100 111000100 111100101 01000101 11110101 1010100001 101010101 01010111 010100010 01011101 1010101010 01010101 01010101 11100101 110101001 11010111 11110111 11010101 11011101 11010101 01011101 11010100 11010101 01010101 11010101 10010101 11010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 29

Repeated words/phrases

me, and, another

Anaphora

and, another, o