This is an analysis of The Unpardonable Sin by Vachel Lindsay.
This is the sin against the Holy Ghost: —
To speak of bloody power as right divine,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: AbXb Xcac cdXdXAbab
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,9,
- Metre: 0001010101 01010101101 1111011111 1111110111 0111001101 1001010101 1001110001 10010100101 0101010111 1111000101 0101010100 1111010111 0001010101 0001110101 0111000101 0101110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 16
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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