This is an analysis of General Grant -- The Hero Of The War by George Moses Horton.
Brave Grant, thou hero of the war,
Thou art the emblem of the morning star,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaabbcc bbddeeaa ffbbbbee gggghhgg ccbbiibb
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 11110001 1101000101 01000010101 01010010101 1111010101 1111011111 0101000101 0101010111 1101000101 0101110101 1101010001 1101010101 1101110101 11010001101 1001110101 0100111101 01010101001 1101110001 100110111 1101110101 1101000101 0101110101 01011100101 1101010101 1101001111 1101010101 1100010101 1101010101 01010100101 11001111101 0111000101 01010010101 11110100101 1101000111 11110101001 1110000101 0111010101 0100110101 0101010101 0101010001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
and, to, him
Anaphora
to, his
