This is an analysis of Joshua by Charles Harpur.

When Joshua in the days of old
Stood forth upon old Jordan’s bank,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababaaaaccdedefgfXXh fhfhcXcgii aaaajajakk
  • Stanza lengths: 20,10,10,
  • Metre: 110000101 11011101 11011101 01110111 010010001 010010101 01110101 11010101 11101111 11010111110 01010111 1101010010 1101111 1100101010 110011101 01010101 11011101 11100110 11110110 101111000101 1111011 11010101 11110101 01110101 101111101 101011100 11010101 101111001 11111111 100111010111 11000101 11110001 100100101 01011101 11111101 01110101 01011101 11110001 11000001 110101110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 40

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

and, five