This is an analysis of Grizzly by Francis Bret Harte.

Coward of heroic size,
In whose lazy muscles lies…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaabbccaacXX ccaaaabbddXXefefee
  • Stanza lengths: 12,18,
  • Metre: 1000101 0110101 1111101 1010101 1100101 1011111 10011101 10011101 1011101 1010111 1010100 01101000 1110111 1111101 101010001 10111010 10101101 10111010 1011101 1001001 1111101 10101001 01110100 1011101 1110111 1110111 0010101 1110001 1111111 1011111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 30

Anaphora

where, thou