This is an analysis of The Dominion by James Brunton Stephens.
Oh, fair Ideal, unto whom,
Through days of doubt and nights of gloom,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aababacc bbdedebb ffghghbb cceieiee jjkekec c bbjkjkll ffbbbbhh iiamamff ccXbkbjj ddjdjXll
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,7,1,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 1101101 11011101 11111101 11011101 01010101 11110101 11001011111 0101111101 110111110 110101010 11110101 11010101 01010101 110101001 1011000111 0111010111 01011001 110101001 011010101 01011101 01111101 01111101 0111010101 1101010101 011000111 01001101 01011101 01111101 01010011 01010101 0101010101 11010011101 11010111 10011101 111101001 01010100 101100101 01000100 1101111101 01110100101 11011101 11110001 01110001 01110101 01001111 01010101 1011011111 0111010001 11110101 10111101 1100001001 11011101 010010101 01000101 1011010101 0100111100 11010001 10011101 10110101 01011101 11011001 01010101 0111010101 0101001101 11011101 01110101 100101100 11011101 11110101 01100101 1111011101 1101101100011 110101101 110101101 01001101 01010101 0101100101 01001100 110010101101 0101000111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 11
- Lines: 80
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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