This is an analysis of A Workman To The Gods by Edwin Markham.

Once Phidias stood, with hammer in his hand,
Carving Minerva from the breathing stone,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXaXXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 10,
  • Metre: 1101010001 1001000101 1001010001 0101010110 010101110 1111010101 1101000101 00101110101 1101011101 1011100100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 10

Anaphora

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