This is an analysis of The Chain Gang by John Le Gay Brereton.

Borne in the car along a crowded way,
Sun-soaked, I saw the world like shadows glide,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdecde
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1001010101 1111011111 1101010101 1011011101 0111110101 1001011101 1101011101 1101010101 101111001010 11110111101 10111001001 011011101010 1101110101 0100010011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Anaphora

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