This is an analysis of Change And Death by Charles Harpur.

We build but for change and for death,
To whom a like homage pay glory and shame;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaXXcXcXb
  • Stanza lengths: 10,
  • Metre: 11111111 01011011011 11011011001 111101111100 1001101001 01001111 110001001001 101001011011 0110100101000 10101010001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 10

Repeated words/phrases

for, and, to, of