This is an analysis of Liege by William Watson.

Betwixt the Foe and France was she --
France the immortal, France the free.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaaXX bbbbcccb bXbdeeed
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 01011111 10010101 01111101 11 11110111 11110011 11010101 11 11011111 11011101 11100101 01 11110101 11011111 0101001001 11 11011101 101111000 01010111 11 10010101 11010001 011001001 01
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

france, she, her