This is an analysis of Relieving Guard - Thomas Starr King Obit March 4, 1864 by Francis Bret Harte.
Came the relief. 'What, sentry, ho!
How passed the night through thy long waking?'…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XXaX XXaX XaXX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
- Metre: 10011101 110111110 11011101 0100101010 11111101 010001010 10110101 1100101110 111010101 110101010 11010111 111101010
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 12
Epiphora
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