This is an analysis of Marching Through Georgia by Henry Clay Work.

Bring the good old bugle, boys! we'll sing another song --
Sing it with a spirit that will start the world along --…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaB XXCB dddB XXCB eeeB XXCB XffB XXCB gggB XXCB
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1001101110101 1000101010101 1011101010101 11010110 1000111010 01010111110 1110100010001 11010110 1010101110101 1010101110101 1010101010001 11010110 1000111010 01010111110 1110100010001 11010110 1110101110101 1110101111110 1011001010101 11010110 1000111010 01010111110 1110100010001 11010110 100101010101010 1010101110111 1110101010001 11010110 1000111010 01010111110 1110100010001 11010110 1110101110101 10100101110001 1010111010101 11010110 1000111010 01010111110 1110100010001 11010110
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 10
  • Lines: 40

Repeated words/phrases

sing, it, hurrah, we, how, they

Anaphora

sing, hurrah, how