This is an analysis of Revolutions by Matthew Arnold.
Before man parted for this earthly strand,
While yet upon the verge of heaven he stood,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bXba baXa cdcd efef
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 0111010101 11010101011 1101010001 1111001111 1111010111 11011101100 1101101101 0101011011 111100001 1111111111 1111110100 1111110111 110010100111 0111010111 1111110101 1111010111 1111101101 0101011110 1111111011 0101111011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 20
Repeated words/phrases
he, has, and, their
Anaphora
and
