This is an analysis of Antagonists by Arthur Henry Adams.

WHAT though the neutral sea sever us twain?
In the still night your soul in mine I take;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabXacddeec
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101011011 0011110111 1101000101 1101000101 1111011011 1110010101 1011011111 011100101011 1100110101 0101010101 0011111101 0101011111 01001010101 0101000100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Anaphora

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