This is an analysis of Life And Death by Charles Harpur.

A little light, heat, motion, breath;
Then silence, darkness, and decay;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababXXccccXX dbdbee
  • Stanza lengths: 12,6,
  • Metre: 01011101 11010101 00010101 010101 11111110 11010100 01010101 01110101 10110101 010101 11111110 10010001 11110101 11010101 11110101 110101 110101001 111100111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 18

Anaphora

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