This is an analysis of On The Discoveries Of Captain Lewis (January 14, 1807) by Joel Barlow.
Let the Nile cloak his head in the clouds, and defy
The researches of science and time;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abaX cdcd efef ecec dXdd BABA egeg bXbgXBABA
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 101101001101 001001011 101001011001 11011001 01011111001 01111011 111110001101 111111001 11101011001 1010111001 01011001101 11011001 001101011001 11001001 1001101111011 11011011 10001001011 101011010 01101101001 11011001 11011001001 111011001 111011101101 11101001 111011010010 101111001 0110100111010 111111001 010001011011 111010110 101101011001 11001001 11011001001 111011001 111011101101 11101001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
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