This is an analysis of Hope In Failure by George William Russell.

THOUGH now thou hast failed and art fallen, despair not because of defeat,
Though lost for a while be thy heaven and weary of earth be thy feet,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb bbcc ddbb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11111111001101001 11101011011001011 11001001101011000 11001111011011101 01111001101011001 11101011001101001 01111001001001011 11011001011011001 111110010010010010 010110110110110010 01101011001001001 01011001001001001
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

thy, and, of, , be, for, that

Anaphora

though, the