This is an analysis of Rosabella - Purity Of Heart by George Moses Horton.

Though with an angel's tongue
I set on fire the congregations all,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcC dedecC fgfgcC dadacC ehehcC bgbgcc gXghcc icicee
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 101101 11110010101 1101011111 110101 11011101 01000011 110101 11010100010 1011111101 0110010 11011111 01000011 111101 11010101010 1111010101 1111010 11000101 01000011 111101 1101010011 0101010101 111101 11110101 01000011 01001 11010100101 1101111101 110101 11101101 01000011 110111 10110010101 1111010101 010101 000100101 11000101 010111 010101100100 0101100101 111111 11010101 01000011 1101010 1101010111 10010110010 110101 11110011 11000101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 48

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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