This is an analysis of Civilisation by Arthur Henry Adams.
One moment mankind rides the crested wave,
A moment glorious, beyond recall;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbaccdXXd
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1101110101 0101000101 1101011101 0101010101 11001110001 1111000101 0100011101 1111000101 1111010001 1011110101 1001100101 1101000111 101110001110 1111010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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