This is an analysis of Battle-Flags Of Illinois by Harriet Monroe.

Through the red dusk of war they flew
From Shiloh to the sea.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababc dcdce ededeXdbdbd
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,11,
  • Metre: 10110111 010001 11010111 100101 1101111 110010111 110101 11010111 1101011 10111111 01111101 010111 01000101 110101 11010101 11011101 101101 11010101 101100 11111001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 20

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