This is an analysis of To Theodore Roosevelt by Edward William Thomson.
SHALL we to great Deliverers be blind
If they within our sight have daily wrought?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abaaX ccdbd b eaee affbc bX cXc cdcca gaag h bhhba aiiddXddddd
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,1,4,5,2,3,5,4,1,5,11,
- Metre: 1101010001 0101111101 1101011101 1001010011 1010110101 1101111101 1101010101 1111110101 1001010001 0101000111 1001000101 1111110001 0101110101 11000100101 1101010101 1101110111 01110111001 11001010101 0111010011 1101010111 1011110101 1001010011 1101010101 10001010110 1000100010001 101110101001 1101000101 1110111101 1101010101 1111010001 1101011101 1101000101 01001010101 11010010001 1101010101 11110100110 0110011101 1001010101 0101010101 1011010101 1110001001 1101011111 11010100101 1101010101 11110100101 1001011101 1101010111 10111111111 1001110101 1101011001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 13
- Lines: 51
Repeated words/phrases
our, can
Anaphora
can
