This is an analysis of They Will Be Done by John Hay.

Not in dumb resignation
We lift our hands on high,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdaba eXXdcaXa ecXcaaXa
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 1011010 111111 110100100 100111 11011010 110101 11010101 111001 1101110 010101 11111111 010101 01110111 111111 110010111 110101 10010101 010101 11011101 110101 01010101 0111001 11011111 110001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

no, to

Anaphora

thy, no