This is an analysis of The Lotos-Eaters by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

"Courage!" he said, and pointed toward the land,
"This mounting wave will roll us shoreward soon."…

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Structure

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  • Stanzas: 13
  • Lines: 176

Repeated words/phrases

and, to, his, weary, dream, of, our, university

Anaphora

in, and, nor, to, only, the