This is an analysis of So Far, So Near by Christopher Pearse Cranch.

THOU so far, we grope to grasp thee —
Thou, so near, we cannot clasp thee —…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbXXXXccXbddddddeedddda
  • Stanza lengths: 25,
  • Metre: 11111011 11111011 11111110 11101110 01101110 10101100 01101110 10000100 10111010 01101110 10101010 100101010 10101010 10111110 10111110 10111010 101010100 10011010 10011010 11101010 10111010 01101010 11001010 10111010 11101011
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 25

Repeated words/phrases

so, thou, of, our, thy

Anaphora

thou

Epiphora

thee