This is an analysis of The Call by Francis William Bourdillon.

Hark! 'tis the rush of the horses,
The crash of the galloping gun!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdadaeedXdXff
  • Stanza lengths: 18,
  • Metre: 11010010 01001001 01110110 01001110 1011011 1101001 11011010 1011011 110011010 1101101 11001001 1101001 11111010 1101001 11011010 1011111 1111101 1111011
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

of, not, to

Anaphora

the, leap, thou, fight