This is an analysis of The Quarry by William Vaughn Moody.
Between the rice swamps and the fields of tea
I met a sacred elephant, snow-white.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcdedXffeeffXfcfeXcbcdcXcceXfbdXgfafXcXgbbXbcdc
- Stanza lengths: 48,
- Metre: 0101110101 1101010011 01010101010 1011110101 0101010101 0101010001 0110000111 0111110100 1001010001 0111010101 0101100101 1101011101 1101000101 0101000101 0101010101 0100010101 0100111101 1111100001 1011001101 10001010101 1101010111 1001000101 1110111100 0101010111 1101010101 0101110101 1101010101 0101010101 0101100100 1111010110 0101010101 110100111001 1101010001 1111010101 0111011101 1101011001 0101110101 11001010100 1110111101 100111111111 0111010101 1011010001 1001111101 1001010001 1101010101 1001111101 1101011101 1100011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
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