This is an analysis of Song! by Charles Harpur.

A thousand million souls arise
Out of the cradle of to-day,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababccbbbbccddbbadad
  • Stanza lengths: 20,
  • Metre: 01010101 10010001 1101010101 110011101 110101 010111 11011111 01011101 1111 1110101110101 00010101 11100001 11010101 01011100010101 01110001 11110101 11010101 10011101 0101000101 111101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 20