This is an analysis of Ten Thousand Men A Day by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.

All the world was wearying,
All the world was sad;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbbcdED efffedED XdfdcdEd gaXaXdED gbXbedeD
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 1011100 10111 1011111 10101 1010111 10111 110101 10101 1110101 1101 1011101 10101 1010101 10101 110101 10101 1010101 10111 1110101 11001 110101 10101 110101 010101 1110100 10111 1010101 00111 1010101 10101 110101 10101 1111111 01111 10001001 10101 1000101 100101 0110101 10101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 43

Anaphora

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