This is an analysis of The Banner Of Union by Eliza Cook.

Bring the Harp of the West, and the Pipes of the North,
When our Trumpet note calls to the field;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab BCAC bXXbdedeXBCAC
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,13,
  • Metre: 101001101001 111011001 101011011011 111011111 111001011011 0001011110 11011101011 111110110 11001011001 1011110110 01101101001 11111011 101011001 0111111110 10110011111 110010110 111001011011 0001011110 11011101011 111110110
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

of, and, your