This is an analysis of Columbia's Guardian Angels by Henry Clay Work.

An echo floats down from the mountains,
And finds on the prairies release;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcX XdD XdD XXac acec Xfbf adedXafcf
  • Stanza lengths: 4,3,3,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 110110010 11101001 110110010 01000100100 010011011110 110110101101 11011011011011 110110011110 01100101111 11011011011011 1000100100 10101101000 010010010 010110001 010110010 01001001 010010110 01011001 011010010 01001001 110110010 01001001 111010110 11101101 011111110 11001001 111010010 1101001 01110010 0110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 30

Repeated words/phrases

coming, us

Anaphora

the, they

Epiphora

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