This is an analysis of Onward by Charles Harpur.
Have the blasts of sorrow worn thee,
Have the rocks of danger torn thee,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabccBDbeefccBDb eefccBDb ggXccBDb ddXccBDb
- Stanza lengths: 16,8,8,8,
- Metre: 10101011 10101011 11101110 1110101 1011101 1111 10101010 10 11111010 11111010 11111011 0110101 1010101 1111 10101010 10 11101010 11101010 11111011 1010101 1011101 1111 10101010 10 11101111 11101111 11101110 1011101 1011101 1111 10101010 10 00100010 100010110 101010100 0110101 11110101 1111 10101010 10
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
of, for, thou, and
Anaphora
have, hast
Epiphora
thee, for