This is an analysis of Ashtaroth: A Dramatic Lyric by Adam Lindsay Gordon.

Dramatis Personae

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Structure

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  • Stanzas: 562
  • Lines: 3159

Repeated words/phrases

of, their, with, and, wisdom, that, thou, sins, oh, i, in, you, have, your, by, how, we, half, to, our, wise, sleep, no, my, he, never, hugo, me, thee, so, where, come, hither, through, his, on, one, her, spirits, from, she, thy, those, it, as, fall, they, two

Anaphora

can, oh, i, to, you, and, in, hidden, no, on, how, our, the, of, with, there, comrade, a, 'neath, your, where, evil, his, ye, one, it, let, from, we, spirits, thy, men, for, by, when, who, their, as, earthly, miserere, frustra

Epiphora

thurston, sing, henry, thee, him, you, on, eustace

Anadiplosis

ever, thurston, hugo, henry, i, you, orion, sweet, eustace, miserere