This is an analysis of Wellington by Charles Harpur.

Great captain if you will! great Duke! great Slave!
Great minion of the crown! - but a great man…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abccdceXfXXgeheXgchdfafXbdcg
  • Stanza lengths: 28,
  • Metre: 1100101111 1100011011 1111010100 0101000100 000100111010 01010100101 0110011101 1101010111 1101010101 1101000101 0101011111 1111011101 0101011111 1110110101 1101001010 01010100010 11011010101 1111101101 1111010001 1101000100 1111101111 1100110001 0111110111 1111000101 01001011100 11010011100 1101000101 0101000101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

great, no

Anaphora

great, of