This is an analysis of National Trust by Tony Harrison.

Bottomless pits. There's on in Castleton,
and stout upholders of our law and order…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xabac a caXbXb XX X XX
  • Stanza lengths: 5,1,6,2,1,2,
  • Metre: 1001110100 11100011110 1110111001 111010110010 11011111111 11000101110 1100010101 01010100010 11101011100 11001011111 1100110011 1101011100 011101001101 1111010101 1111001011 10 110011011
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 17

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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