This is an analysis of Sisyphus by Alfred Austin.

Midway his upward unavailing course
Sate Sisyphus, his back against his load,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcdeeafeXeXghXa XbXdfd feXidajbecXXbXebceeeekkjXlfb bbdbabbgbdbbbXdldibXheeh mdkbcedXhaeeemebhXljbgX
  • Stanza lengths: 16,6,28,24,23,
  • Metre: 1101010101 1100010101 1001001101 1001011101 10011111001 1011100101 010001111 1101010101 0100010000 1110010110 0101010101 10110101001 11010010101 10001000100 0101010100 10110101001 1110011101 10010010101 1001011100 1001010101 1111011001 10001010001 1111010101 010010101 1111011110 1001010101 1101010111 0100011011 1111001111 1010000101 1101010001 11010101000 1000010100 10010010010 110100111 101010101 101111101 0100010111 0101010001 1101110100 10010010001 1111101001 1001010101 110010111 110100111001 1001100101 100101011000 0101010100 1111110101 0101010101 0100111101 0101010101 11010010101 1101010111 1011011101 01010100001 1011000101 0101110101 1101011101 1001010001 0100010101 010101001010 010101001 11110100100 0100110100 1011010100 0100010101 100001101 1011010101 1101000101 1001010101 011100101001 10010010001 11000010001 11111 10001101101 1101010101 0101010101 01010000001 1011000111 1011100101 1101010000 11011000101 10001010101 1001010101 0101001001 1001010101 1011011101 0101011101 1011010001 1001010101 0001010101 0111000100 1011111101 1100010101 10010010001 110001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 97

Repeated words/phrases

his, now

Epiphora

love