This is an analysis of A Prologue by John Le Gay Brereton.
While to the clarion blown by Marlowe's breath
Tall Tragedy tramped by in hues of death,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffddgghhiiXgggjjkkeellcc
- Stanza lengths: 34,
- Metre: 100100111001 1100110101 1111110111 01011101101 1111000101 0111000101 1111110111 1101011001 11000100101 0101010101 0111110011 0101110101 1100110101 01110111101 0100111101 1011010101 1111111001 1100110101 1101010111 1101111101 111001101100 1001111111 1111111001 110010100101 1111010101 0111010001 1011010101 1100001111 1101001101 1101010101 1101010101 0111010101 0111000101 0101010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 34
Repeated words/phrases
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