This is an analysis of The Last Defeat by Edith Nesbit.

Across the field of day
In sudden blazon lay…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabaccba ddbdeebd
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,
  • Metre: 010101 010101 010101 110101 110111 110111 010101 0111 111111 010011 100101 111101 110111 110101 110111 0101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16

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