This is an analysis of Hail To The Chief by Edward William Thomson.
AGAIN we greet the patient heart,
The conference-guiding master-hand,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababc dcd ef eXaca c gfgf gbgb h chcibXib
- Stanza lengths: 5,3,2,5,1,4,4,1,8,
- Metre: 01110101 010010101 11010101 11110101 010011101 01010001 11111101 11010100 11010101 11110101 010100101 01010100 01010101 01010101 11110001 01010101 11010101 01011101 11011001 01011101 010001001 01110011 11110101 11110101 01011101 110100101 010101101 11010111 110111001 11110101 110100101 11110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 33
Anaphora
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