This is an analysis of The Questioner by William Watson.
I asked of heaven and earth and sea,
Saying: 'O wondrous trinity,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abaXXaaaBbaXXabXBaaXaabX
- Stanza lengths: 24,
- Metre: 110101111 10110100 10110101 11110111 11110100 01010111 01111111 011101101 11110100 01010100 11010101 11010111 11110100 01010111 11110100 1101111 11110100 10110101 11110101 11011101 11011111 10010001 11110100 10011101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
and
Anaphora
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