This is an analysis of The Charge by Matthew Arnold.

They outtalked thee, hissed thee, tore thee?
Better men fared thus before thee;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 110011111 10111011 10110111 1011111 1111101 1010111 1010101 1110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

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Epiphora

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