This is an analysis of A Question by Christopher Pearse Cranch.

AH, who can tell which guide were best
To truth long sought, but unattained —…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXabcdcdaXaXbcbcefefgbgbeheh
  • Stanza lengths: 28,
  • Metre: 11111101 011111000 01011101 11111111 11110111 11010101 0100001101 011111101 01110101 011111001 11111101 11110100 10010001 11111101 11110101 01010100 01010101 01010101 11110111 01100101 110101101 110001001 01110101 01001101 11111111 01010101 11010101 01110111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

and, of

Anaphora

the