This is an analysis of Broken Wings by Christopher Pearse Cranch.

GRAY-HEADED POETS, whom the full years bless
With life and health and chance still multiplied…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdededfgbgbdbdbcXchchceieifgfgcccc
  • Stanza lengths: 40,
  • Metre: 1101010101 0111111101 0111011101 1111 11001110101 1101101101 1101110101 1111 1001110111 1111111111 1101011101 0101 1101011101 11100101111 1101011111 0111 1111111101 1101111111 1111110101 1101 0101101101 1101011101 11110101100 0101 1111010001 01010101010 0111110101 1111 1101110111 0111101101 1011000111 1101 1010011101 1111100101 1111010111 1101 110000100101 1011000101 1001011011 0101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 40

Repeated words/phrases

and, your, their

Anaphora

their, and