This is an analysis of In Camp Before Philippsburg by Voltaire.
Without a bed we now sleep sound
And take our meals upon the ground;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbXaccddeeffgghhiiXbaajjddkkeega
- Stanza lengths: 34,
- Metre: 01011111 11110101 11010101 11000101 01110101 110001101 01011111 10110101 01010011 110100101 110101010 110100010 11010101 01011101 10010101 11010001 110111110 1101001110 01011101 10000101 010111110 10010101 11010001 01011101 110101100 101101010 11010111 11010101 11110001 01011101 11001101 10110001 011101110 110100110
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 34
Anaphora
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