This is an analysis of Before Sedan by Henry Austin Dobson.

Here is this leafy place
Quiet he lies,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc ababdd ececff acacaa aeaeXX cgcghh
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 100101 1011 100101 1001 110101 111101 100101 1111 110100 1011 101101 101101 110111 1101 100111 1111 101110 101111 100101 1111 100100 1001 101111 101101 110101 1011 001101 1001 0010111 1011000 100101 10001 100111 1001 001111 101101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 36

Anaphora

kings

Epiphora

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