This is an analysis of Little Major by Henry Clay Work.
At his post, the "Little Major"
Dropp'd his drum, that battle-day;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XabaCBDX CBDX efefXcec efXfeXXX egXgbfXf
- Stanza lengths: 8,4,8,8,8,
- Metre: 101010100 1011101 10111010 1110111 101011010 1110101 11101110 11111110 101011010 1110101 11101110 11111110 11101111 1010101 101100011 0010101 11111011 1010101 10111011 1110101 10111011 1110101 10111100 1110101 00111010 1010101 1001010100 1111111 10111011 1011001 10111010 1010001 10111010 0010101 01101010 1111111
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
they
Anaphora
can