This is an analysis of The Epileptic by Leon Gellert.

His splendid heart is set within a frame
Of manly massiveness, and giant limbs.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbbbcbcXdXd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0101010101 01010001101 11011101101 101010101 011111011 01110010111 1010010111 1111010111 1101010101 1101110101 1111000100 0101011101 1101011100 1101110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

and, his, he

Anaphora

and