This is an analysis of Steeds And Their Riders by Joseph Skipsey.

DON'T spur us so: you'll ever find,
When you will ride at giddy paces…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab XcXc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 11111101 110111010 11110001 111111110 11111111 111111110 01011111 010111010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Anaphora

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