This is an analysis of The New Crusade by Katharine Lee Bates.

LIFE is a trifle;
Honor is all;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaBCBCdedeBCBCfgfgBCBChdhdBCBCijijBCBC
  • Stanza lengths: 40,
  • Metre: 10010 1001 10010 1001 110010 11111 10010 11011 10010 1011 10010 1001 110010 11111 10010 11011 10110 1011 110010 1101 110010 11111 10010 11011 10010 1011 10010 1101 110010 11111 10010 11011 10110 1111 10010 01101 110010 11111 10010 11011
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 40

Anaphora

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