This is an analysis of August 1914 by Isaac Rosenberg.

What in our lives is burnt
In the fire of this?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XbXb cdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 101101 001000 011100 01111 11111 10101 010101 100111 10111 101111 011111 011101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Anaphora

the, a