This is an analysis of Ecce Homo by Charles Harpur.

A man of sorrows and with grief acquainted,
He bowed His beauteous head to the rude hands…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaccdeedff ghhgii
  • Stanza lengths: 12,6,
  • Metre: 01010101010 1101010011 01001001 11011101110 0101010101 1000101 11011101111 0101011101 111101 10100100011 1011010101 111111 101110010100 1111010011 011001 111101110100 11010001001 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 18