This is an analysis of Apollo Musagetes by Matthew Arnold.

Through the black, rushing smoke-bursts,
Thick breaks the red flame;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXb Xcdc aaXa Xaea eXae fbfb abgb fdXd eddd dhah dhgh gded Xbab
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1011011 11011 110110 01011 111010 11111 1110111 01001 10110011 11111 101101 11101 1011011 11011 1011010 11001 0011010 11101 110110 01101 111110 11101 1101100 01101 111010 10101 110010 01101 1010110 01001 010010 11101 1110010 11101 111010 01011 111010 0001111 110010 11001 111110 01001 100110 11001 111010 01111 010010 01001 010010 01001 010010 01011
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 13
  • Lines: 52

Repeated words/phrases

what, of, in

Anaphora

they, what, the