This is an analysis of Achan by Henry Kendall.
HATH he not followed a star through the darkness,
Ye people who sit at the table of Jephthah?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXbcXXcb Xdad Xecb dbaf XfXf ecXb bXXb
- Stanza lengths: 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11110011010 110111010010 110010010010 010010010110 111000110010 110011010010 111011111010 110011010110 111000010010 110111010010 110011010110 111110010010 111110010010 110010011010 011110010010 111111010010 110010010010 110111010010 011010010010 110010010010 010111011010 111011010110 111111010010 111010010010 010110111110 011010011110 111010010010 110111110010 111011011011 110010010110 111111110111 010010010111
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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