This is an analysis of To Gordon Leaving Khartoum by George MacDonald.
The silence of traitorous feet!
The silence of close-pent rage!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abacbc dedcec fcfccc egecgc ghgchcXfgfcgc
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,13,
- Metre: 01001001 0100111 01101011 101101110 0101001 101010010 1011011 1101001 110111 010010010 01011001 10101010 10101010 010111 1011110110 1101110 1101111 10111110 111001 1100111 1111001 0111010 00100101 11110110 0111101 1101101 1111001 11101110 01010011 11101110 11101101 1100101 11001001 111010110 1111011 101101110
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
and, thy
Anaphora
the, and, thy