This is an analysis of Hope On by Charles Harpur.
Power's a cheat, success but trying,
Even pleasure bears a sting;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaaaaaAbabbAaaAXaaaaAaaa
- Stanza lengths: 25,
- Metre: 100101110 1010101 11101010 10101010 0101101001 1001011110 10101110 1110100 100100010 1110101 11111010 00111010 0100101001 1001111110 10101110 1110100 10101010 1010111 11101010 10101010 0100101001 1001011110 1011101010 1110100
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 24
