This is an analysis of Here by Ronald Stuart Thomas.

I am a man now.
Pass your hand over my brow.…

Browse poems by Ronald Stuart Thomas

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaa bbb XXX ccc bbb aaa ddd
  • Stanza lengths: 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Metre: 11011 1111011 111011011 11101 0111111 01111101 101011 1111001 10001101 111111 00101101 0011101 111101 11011111 1111111 111101 011011 010111001 001101 110101001 1111011
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 21

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

the