This is an analysis of Ashtaroth: A Dramatic Lyric by Adam Lindsay Gordon.
Dramatis Personae
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Structure
- Rhyme scheme:
- Stanza lengths:
- Metre:
- Closest metre:
- Guessed form:
- 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