This is an analysis of The Destruction Of Sennacherib by George Gordon Byron.
The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold,
And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXX bbbX ccdd aaee ddbX dXaa
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 0010011101101 101001001011 101011111101 101111011101 101001011001 11011011101 101001011011 11101011011 101001101101 11001001111 101001011011 111111111011 11101001011 11011101001 101001011101 11101001101 11101001011 001101101101 101011001001 01010001010 101001011011 101011001001 101001110101 11011001001
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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