This is an analysis of A Prophecy by Walter Savage Landor.

PROUD word you never spoke, but you will speak
Four not exempt from pride some future day.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababb
  • Stanza lengths: 5,
  • Metre: 1111011101 1101011101 1011110111 1011010101 0111111101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 5

Repeated words/phrases

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