This is an analysis of The Goal by Arthur Henry Adams.

ON the grey levels of the plain of life
When, slowly swirled,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcbabcbdcecdfefcbdbcbdbbc gcbbgbhXbXhdbdfbdbfcdc
  • Stanza lengths: 26,22,
  • Metre: 1011000101 1101 01010101 1001 11100010111 1101 11110101 0101 1101010101 0111 01010100 1101 0101010101 1101 10110100 0111 0101010111 0101 010110101 1101 11110010101 1101 10010101 0111 1111010001 0111 01010101 0101 1111010101 0101 10110101 1101 0110010101 1111 11010101 11010 0111110001 1101 11010001 1111 1101110001 0111 10010001 0101 1101011101 1101 01011111 1111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 48

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