This is an analysis of Palladium by Matthew Arnold.

Set where the upper streams of Simois flow
Was the Palladium, high 'mid rock and wood;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd dede fgfg hihiXgbgb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 1101010101 10010011111 1101010101 1111011101 0111111111 1011000111 1011010101 1111011111 1001011101 1001011101 1101010101 1100110111 1101010001 0101010100 1011100101 1001010101 1111011101 11011111101 1101111111 1101100101 1101001101 01110101001 1101111011 1101110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

and, it, we

Anaphora

and, we