This is an analysis of Alcide by William Matthews.

Walking with Jesus the slow,
behind the beat. Mr. Resistance.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXa abc bdX dbX bcXb
  • Stanza lengths: 3,3,3,3,4,
  • Metre: 1001001 010110010 101100101 110101 01000001 11101110 011111 1110101 01011111 0100011 01010011 10011101 11101110 010101010 01010101 10110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

mr

Anaphora

a