This is an analysis of The Last Oracle by Algernon Charles Swinburne.

eipate toi basilei, xamai pese daidalos aula.
ouketi PHoibos exei kaluban, ou mantida daphnen,…

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Structure

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  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 147

Repeated words/phrases

and, that, for, of, as, to, without, they, thy, light, soul, we

Anaphora

they, is, till, in, we