This is an analysis of The Statue by Henry Abbey.
All bold, great actions that are seen too near,
Look rash and foolish to unthinking eyes;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcc adadee dfdfgg ddddcc ebebdX hbhbee eieijj
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 1111011111 1111000101 1101011101 0110111101 1111110101 1111110001 0101110101 1101000101 0100010111 1101110001 0110010101 1101010101 1110010001 1001010101 1101100101 1001010101 1101110101 0111110101 1000110101 1100101001 1101100101 1001110111 01110100101 01110101011 1001010001 1101011101 0101010101 11110111011 1111010101 11110010110 1000111101 0101010101 1001110101 1101001001 10110101101 1011110001 01110010001 1101010111 0101011111 0101010111 0111010001 1111000101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 42
Repeated words/phrases
to, with, and
Anaphora
the
