This is an analysis of The Rhine Was Red. by William Blake.

The Rhine was red with humane blood,
The Danube roll'd a purple tide,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa Xbcb dede aaea Xaea XXcXXaada
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 01110011 01010101 10010101 11010101 1101111 010010001 110101001 10011101 11010101 11010111 10010101 11010101 100100111 01011101 11011111 11010101 00111001 11010101 10010001 01010101 01110011 00111100 11110101 10111101 010101001 111101001 100110100 11011101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

his, in

Anaphora

the

Epiphora

land