This is an analysis of The Bards, To The Soldiers Of Caractacus by Felicia Dorothea Hemans.
VALIANT sons of freedom's land,
Ardent, firm, devoted band,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbaaX ccddeee aaddfff ggggaaa ccXg fXf aaaahhh ddccaaddd ddfXiiiXbbeebbaaa
- Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,7,4,3,7,9,17,
- Metre: 1010101 1010101 1110101 10011101 1101 1101 11011101 1000101 1010101 1111101 1010001 1111 11010 10110111010 1011101 1010111 1010101 1010101 0101 01001 11011101 1010101 1110101 1010101 1010101 1101 0111 0101010101 1010111 1110111 10101010 10101101 1101 1110 11010101 1010101 1011101 10101001 100011 1101 0101 11001010111 1011101 1010101 1011111 1010111 1011101 1010111 1101 0101 110010011 1110101 11010101 1110101 10101010 0111 0101 1101110101 110111 0111101 111101 0111101 111101 11110101 1111 0101 11010101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 67
Anaphora
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