This is an analysis of Louis Napoleon by Oscar Wilde.

EAGLE of Austerlitz! where were thy wings
When far away upon a barbarous strand,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abba bcbc dccd eaea
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1001001011 11010101001 0101011011 1011001101 1111111101 1101110001 0101010101 1101110100 1111110101 0101000101 11100011111 0101010011 1111010100 1101010101 1101010100 1101111111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

of, thy

Anaphora

and