This is an analysis of Hope Holds To Christ by Gerard Manley Hopkins.

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Hope holds to Christ the mind’s own mirror out…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdbdb eeX
  • Stanza lengths: 0,10,3,
  • Metre: 1101011101 0101010111 0011111101 1101010101 1101000101 1101110111 0101111011 1111110101 0111110101 10010010101 1111110101 10001110111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 15

Anaphora

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Epiphora

Anadiplosis