This is an analysis of Kepler's Apostrophe by James Joseph Sylvester.
Yes! on the annals of my race,
In characters of flame,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cccc dcdc efef gcgc bgbg eaea hihi haha jfjf kdkdXgggg
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11010011 010001 11111101 111101 010111101 1101001 11100101 110101 101010101 110111 10111001 110001 01010101 111101 11010101 111101 01111101 111101 11010011 010011 10010101 110101 11110101 011001 110110011 1101001 110010101 010101 10010101 110111 11011101 011011 110111001 101101 0101101001 110101 11111101 010111 11111101 1100101 110001001 110101 11000101 1010001 11000101 100101 11111001 100101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 12
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
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