This is an analysis of The Future Verdict by Ada Cambridge.

How will our unborn children scoff at us
In the good years to come,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbab cddcd deede fffff bccbX gXcgX
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Metre: 1011110111 000001 0100101 0111011101 010101 1101110101 111101 110101 1111110101 101111 1001010101 100101 110101 1101011111 111100 1111110111 110101 100111 1111011111 111101 1001010111 110101 111111 1101010101 111101 1111010001 110110 010111 0101100101 111101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 30

Repeated words/phrases

'they, they

Anaphora

'these, 'they

Epiphora

come