This is an analysis of After Cattle by Roderic Quinn.

WE lit a fire, and straightway camped,
And all night long…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaccdeedffgccghhieeijjeaaekkfiifaaefXeXXcaaceehllhXi
  • Stanza lengths: 54,
  • Metre: 110101101 1111 11010101 110111011 11101 01010101 01111101 1101 11000111 110101111 1101 11111111 11011111 1111 01111101 010110101 1101 11010101 01110101 0101 11010101 111100101 1101 01010111 11110101 0101 11000101 11010101 1101 11110101 11010111 0101 01010101 11010101 0101 01111101 11110101 1111 11011111 11011101 0111 11010100 11010101 0101 11010101 11110101 0101 01010111 111010111 0101 11010101 11011111 0111 11010001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 54

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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