This is an analysis of The Copperhead (1864) by Francis Bret Harte.
There is peace in the swamp where the Copperhead sleeps,
Where the waters are stagnant, the white vapor creeps,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd eeddffgg hhffiijj
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
- Metre: 101001101011 101011001101 101001011001 101010001001 101001101001 101001001011 1110100001001 101101101011 11111001101 101101001101 101011101011 010011010101 101011101011 101101011011 101111011111 101111001011 11111011111 01001001011 111001011001 001111101011 101001101001 101011001101 11011111001 01011001111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
in, where, peace, though, to
Anaphora
where, though
