This is an analysis of I'Ve Heard The Rushing by James Clerk Maxwell.

I’ve heard the rushing of mountain torrents, gushing
Down through the rocks, in a cataract of spray,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xabba caaaa XadXaXcadda
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,11,
  • Metre: 110100101010 11010010001 100010 11110 11001011001 11010011010 1110110101001 111011 0101011 111111110101 11010101110 10110110101 001010 0101010 111111110111 111101101010 10011010001 11010 1111010 100111011101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 20

Anaphora

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Epiphora

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