This is an analysis of Henry Clay by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.
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The arching skies;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cXcd efef gggg hihi didi cici jkjk djXj fifi ieie blbl XlXlXlhlh
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11010111 0101 11110101 1101 11000101 1111 11010101 1101 11110101 1101 11001101 0101 11011101 1101 11100101 1111 11111101 0101 11110101 0101 110100101 0101 11110101 1101 110100101 0101 010101001 0101 11010011 0101 01010101 0101 11010011 0101 0101001010 1101 11010111 1101 01010111 1011 11111101 11111 01110111 1111 11100101 1011 11111100 1111 11111100 1101 010010100 0101 11110111 0011 11010001 0101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 14
- Lines: 56
Anaphora
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