This is an analysis of The War After The War by John Le Gay Brereton.

I.
Yonder, with eyes that tears, not distance, dim,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xabbaabba cbdcbd XeffeefXe dghdgh
  • Stanza lengths: 9,6,9,6,
  • Metre: 1 1001111101 0101110101 11110010011 0111010101 0101010101 1011010111 10010101001 11111101001 11111101001 1011011101 1101110101 1011110101 1111010101 1100010101 1 1101111111 1101011111 0010010111 0100110001 0011010111 110110101101 1011011101 1111000101 1111111111 0111010101 1111010111 11111110100 11010010101 10001000101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 30

Repeated words/phrases

who, of, no, for, and

Anaphora

and