This is an analysis of Histories by Virna Sheard.

I weary of the histories of men-
The garnered store of books in grim array;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eaea fgfg haha XiXi
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1100010001 0101010101 1101010111 1001010101 1100010111 0101110101 1100010101 01010010111 11110111001 11011100100 1011010101 0101111101 1101001101 1111110111 11010100101 01011110011 1100011111 1101111111 1111000101 1111011101 1001010101 1001000101 0100011101 1101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

of, kings, and

Anaphora

and