This is an analysis of The Song Of The Strange Ascetic by Gilbert Keith Chesterton.
If I had been a Heathen,
I'd have praised the purple vine,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: AabaAcXc AbbbAded AfXfAgXg AcecAcac ddXddafa
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 0110010 1110101 1111010 111101 1100010 1011111 11111101 010101 0110010 111101 11110101 110101 1100010 1010101 10111110 010001 0110010 1111101 11011100 010001 1100010 1110101 01011101 110101 0110010 11111011 1001111 110001 1100010 1010111 11110110 1101001 1111110 010111 0101110 110101 1111010 111111 00111101 101101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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