This is an analysis of A Challenge by John Hay.
The luminous pages of all story prove
High love hath ending in heroic woe;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbaXXcddc
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 01001001101 1111000101 11011111101 01010100101 1011011111 1011110101 1011011111 1011110101 1101111101 0101110100 1011110111 11111111001 1001011111 1011111011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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