This is an analysis of Aeschylos And Sophocles by Walter Savage Landor.

Sophocles: Thou goest then, and leavest none behind Worthy to rival thee!
Aeschylos: Nay, say not so.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a bccXXXX deafXgf XXgdg dXXdeXXdaX abcX
  • Stanza lengths: 1,7,7,5,10,4,
  • Metre: 100111110101100101 1001111 1001110101 0111110101 11001101101 0101011100 1111110100 1001010 100100 1110010101 1001010101 1000110101 1101011101 0101110101 01010101001 1001111 100101 1111010001 0100010101 11001011111 1001001110101 1101110011 0111010011 1110110111 0101110001 1101010011 1101 110011 0111010111 1111100001 1001111010111 110101 0101 1001010111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 34

Repeated words/phrases

sophocles, kings

Anaphora

sophocles