This is an analysis of Collins by Charles Harpur.

A Genius caged in niceties of art;
A full-souled Bard that should have thought apart,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabb ccddee
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,
  • Metre: 0101010001 01101111101 0100010111 1101111101 1101010101 11111110111 1111010101 0111010101 1011000110 010110111 01000010101 010001100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 12

Anaphora

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