This is an analysis of When The Millennium Comes by Katharine Lee Bates.

WHEN the Millennium comes
Only the kings will fight,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdadAbabebebabAfafceceXe
  • Stanza lengths: 30,
  • Metre: 1001001 100101 1010101 1010101 1001001 111001 0010111 1110101 111011 1111001 1001001 1011101 10100101 1010101 0100111 11001001 0111011 1101101 10111001 1110101 1001001 101001 0111101 01101001 11001101 001101101 011001 1010101 100101 0101111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 30

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