This is an analysis of Profit And Loss by Ada Cambridge.

Each day a new sword flashes in the van;
Another leader, brave to do or die,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba acdacd
  • Stanza lengths: 8,6,
  • Metre: 1101110001 0101010111 1111010101 1101110101 1111110011 01001011101 1111010101 1011000101 1111011101 1101010101 0101010111 0100111101 01011101101 1011010111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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