This is an analysis of A Leader by George William Russell.

THOUGH your eyes with tears were blind,
Pain upon the path you trod:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa baba acac
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1110101 1010111 1110101 1110001 1110111 10101101 11111001 0010101 1110011 1010001 1011101 10100101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

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