This is an analysis of Feigned Courage by Charles Lamb.

Horatio, of ideal courage vain,
Was flourishing in air his father's cane,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffXXggaadd
  • Stanza lengths: 20,
  • Metre: 010001101 1100010101 1101010101 1101010111 1111100100 1111010101 1101010101 0111010101 1111110101 1111110011 11110111111 1101000101 0101010110 0101010101 1101110101 1011110101 1101110101 1001011111 0101110101 1011110001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

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