This is an analysis of The Man Who Saw by William Watson.
The master weavers at the enchanted loom
Of Legend, weaving long ago those tales…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcdeXfghibjebiklmlehkbbelkeeXlanlXhoe edhcplbdelhmXlolmXXaemXdb flkXeemXaenadpdhbdkaemedXeeXajnXkbXbXmgeebcm
- Stanza lengths: 38,25,44,
- Metre: 01010100101 0101010111 1111001101 1001010001 1111000101 010010101000 1101001101 0101010111 010100100101 11000111010 010010100101 1101010101 1001110001 1100110111 1110100100 0101010101 01111100111 1101011101 1001010111 01101011001 0101011101 0101010101 1111000101 1011110111 11011110001 1100111111 11011100101 1010010111 0101101100101 11011101010 11010100111 01010110001 1101011101 0101110101 10111111010 1101010101 11010111110 1111111111 1001111100 110010101001 1011010101 01110100001 1111000111 1011110111 01010000101 1110010100 01000010101 1111010101 1100011101 100101001 0110111010 110100010001 011101100010 11001001011 01010101000 110101010000 11000010111 1001000101 0111011001 11011110101 0101000100 0011010001 1101110101 1111010101 11010100101 0111001101 011010010001 1100100101 1001110101 110101010111 00111101100 0100101001111 0101110101 10011100101 1011010010 1111010111 1111110101 1001110001 1001010101 1111010101 1101110101 0111110101 1001010111 1101010101 0101100001 0101010101 11001000101 11011100100 01010011111 0111111111 1111000101 100100101001 11111101001 010010011011 11011011101 1001011101 1101110111 10110101101 1100110011 10110111011 01010010100 1011110101 1100010101 10110000111 00101100101 01010010101 01001101101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 107
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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