This is an analysis of Armies In The Fire by Robert Louis Stevenson.

The lamps now glitter down the street;
Faintly sound the falling feet;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd XXbb bbeeXeebb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 01110101 1010101 10110101 01010111 10010001 011010101 11010101 11010101 10111011 010100010 11110101 01010101 11010101 01010101 11011101 01010101 1010111 11110100 11010100 11001100
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Anaphora

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