This is an analysis of Song by Charles Harpur.

THE world's heart is kindless and grey and unholy,
As the head of the wandering Jew,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcDXAEAXfXfcdcDXAEA
  • Stanza lengths: 24,
  • Metre: 011010111010 101001001 1110010010010 11010001 1001001011111 1110011010 1111001011010 010011110 01001111010 110100110 1011001001 1110110010 1110110010110 11011101 0010011011000 01101001 101111001001 1111010110 1110101101000 010011110 01001111010 110100110 1011001001 1110110010
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

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