This is an analysis of Our Last Grand Camping Ground by Henry Clay Work.

On a pebly shore, where forevermore
Gently creeps a music laden wave --…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xabaccbc ccdXeeX Xdbdccbc
  • Stanza lengths: 8,7,8,
  • Metre: 1010111000 101010101 0011110111 101010111 10101000101 10111010011 111101110101 111110101 1010111 010011 0111010011 11101 111011 11101 1011111010 1110110101 101010101 1110111101 011010111 11101010001 101001010101 010101110101 111010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 23

Anaphora

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