Anima Celtica

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Anima Celtica

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Dominant: abababab

abab (100%: 1)

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Line-groups or stanzas:	1
Poetic lines:	4
Speeches (verse drama):	0
Length in words:	34
Average word length:	4.03
End rhymes:	4
Masculine rhymes:	4
Feminine rhymes:	0
Dactylic rhymes:	0
Half rhymes:	0
Eye rhymes:	0
Identical rhymes:	0
Syllabic rhymes:	0
Cross-stanza rhymes:	0
Internal rhyme:	0
Anaphora:	2
Epistrophe:	0
Refrain:	0
Sonic device variant:	0

Anima Celtica

By John Duncan

The visioned stories read, the book is closed—
The Past has been and shall not be again.
She dreams !  . . . Yet comes to her, disarmed, deposed,
A wide new kingdom in the minds of men.

Page image: evergreen_01_107_animaceltica.jpg

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Anima Celtica

Poet(s)

Duncan, John

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Source

The Evergreen 1:Spring, 106–107, May 1895.

First line

The visioned stories read, the book is closed

Notes and attribution research

Illustration is positioned on the page following the poem, and the poem title is also the illustration title. The volume’s contents page identifies John Duncan as the illustrator. According to General Introduction to the Evergreen in Yellow Nineties Online, the Spring volume was published in May 1895. (EF, NM)

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Numeric id of this poem in the DVPP collection: 18573

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Anima Celtica