This is an analysis of The Anchor by Charles Harpur.
Firm trust of the bold sailor on the shores of sudden storm,
What strength is in its structure and the fitness of its form!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbbbXc ddcc XdeeXaabb
- Stanza lengths: 8,4,9,
- Metre: 11001101010101 11000101010001 110111000101111 11110101010101 101010101011101 101011100010001 111111001100110 1100101111100100 01110101110101 001010001110101 11110100010101 010101010101001 00111110010101 11010101110001 01011100010101 11000111110101 0011111001110001 1001110101010011 11010101011101 11110101010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 20
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