This is an analysis of Late Wisdom by George Crabbe.

WE'VE trod the maze of error round,
   Long wandering in the winding glade;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabcbc dedebaba
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,
  • Metre: 11010101 110000101 11010101 11011111 110100111 11010111 11010101 11010101 11111111 11010011 11010101 11010101 11011111 11010111 11110111 11000101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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