This is an analysis of A Torchbearer by Edith Wharton.
Great cities rise and have their fall; the brass
That held their glories moulders in its turn.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcdefagh beeXhechXXbihjahe fkXacckjgdXbXb hhXhaicXhhhck
- Stanza lengths: 9,17,14,13,
- Metre: 1101111101 1111010001 1101110101 1101010001 0101110111 1111000100 010010001011 0101010101 0001100101 0101110101 0101111111 1101000101 11 010010101 0101110001 1111110101 0101011100 01010001010 1111010111 11110101010 11010101001 1001100011 0101011101 1001010101 10100010101 1111000101 11011100101 0111010101 0101000101 11010010101 0101010001 1101010001 1001010001 11110000101 1111110101 1101100001 0101111101 1100011101 10110101101 0101010001 1111100001 0101001111 1101010101 1101010101 1101001111 1101110111 1101011101 1001010101 11011111101 0101010111 1000010101 1000110101 1101010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 53
Repeated words/phrases
its, of, in
Anaphora
the, of
