This is an analysis of The Relapse by Henry Vaughan.

My God, how gracious art thou! I had slipt
Almost to hell,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXababacdcdececcfcfghghcfcf
  • Stanza lengths: 28,
  • Metre: 1111011111 1101 1101011101 0101 1111110101 1111 1111011101 1101 1111011111 01001 1101110101 1111 1101010101 1111 1101111111 1101 0101010111 1111 1011010101 1111 1110010111 1101 1111001101 0101 1101110111 1111 1101010101 1101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 28

Anaphora

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