This is an analysis of By The Fates by Alfred Austin.
By the fates that have fastened our life,
By the distance that holds us apart,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcXccd efefgbggX Xhihdcddc fXfifeffe ejejdXXdh
- Stanza lengths: 9,9,9,9,9,
- Metre: 101111011 101011101 111001001 101011001 111011011 110110110 111011111 111001101 101 101111101 111011010 01011001 11001001 1111110010 111001011 1110110010 110111010 1100 101001110 01001011 001111011 001111001 001010001 001001001 11001101 111001011 111 011101101 111001010 110011001 111011001 11111011 01001011 11101101 011101101 101 00111011 01011111 101101001 101111001 01011011 11101101 11110100110 11101001 001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 45
Repeated words/phrases
by, our, i, to, and
Anaphora
by, to
