This is an analysis of Fragments Of A Lost Gnostic Poem Of The Twelfth Century by Herman Melville.

Found a family, build a state,
The pledged event is still the same:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 10100101 01010101 100101001 010101 100010101 11000101 0011000101 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8