This is an analysis of After The Battle by Thomas Moore.

Night closed around the conqueror's way,
And lightnings show'd the distant hill,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababbXbX cacaadad
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,
  • Metre: 110101001 11010101 11111101 11111101 010101001 11011101 11111101 11111101 011100101 11011101 11111101 11110101 11011111 11011101 011111000 11110100
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16