This is an analysis of Gray by Charles Harpur.

The loud, apt epithet, applying sure;
The dim-drawn image, artfully obscure;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddeeffXX
  • Stanza lengths: 6,8,
  • Metre: 0111010101 0111010001 0011010111 1111110001 0101110001 0101101101 01010011010 011000101010 11011000101 1001010001 11001001101 01011111100 1011110111 0101010100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

the