This is an analysis of On Circuit by Horace Smith.

Two neighbours, fighting for a yard of land;
Two witnesses, who _lie_ on either hand;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccdd
  • Stanza lengths: 10,
  • Metre: 1101010101 1100111101 11010010111 1100110101 1101010101 1111011101 1111110101 11010101001 11000101110 110101010010
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 10

Repeated words/phrases

two

Anaphora

two