This is an analysis of Have Ye Counted The Cost by Lady Jane Wilde.

Will our Leaders faint and falter
At the foes they have to bind…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdeXe XfgfhfXf cgigXbXb XgfXfefe dbabXici jfXfXcac fkhkXbXb Xlilfjdj
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 01101110 1011101 01001100 1011101 11101001 1010001 01010100 1101001 1011100 1110001 10101010 1010111 10101010 1010111 10101110 1110101 10111010 1111101 10101010 1010101 01111110 1010001 10111000 1011111 10101000 1011101 101110010 1010101 10101010 1110101 11111010 1110111 11010010 1010101 100101010 1110101 10101010 0100001 10110110 1010101 10111010 10100001 101001010 1011101 1010010 0011101 10101110 0011101 10111010 1010001 10101110 1011101 10101110 1110011 100010010 01100101 10111010 1111101 10101010 1111101 01101110 1011101 11101010 1110101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 65

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