This is an analysis of The Forgotten by Charles Harpur.

He shone in the senate, the camp, and the grove,
The mirror of manhood, the darling of love.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bb cc ccXbb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,2,2,5,
  • Metre: 11001001101 01001101001 11101001001 11101101101 11011011011 1101101010111 101001010011 01001001001 1010010011011 11001010101 01011001101 101001001001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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