This is an analysis of Alfred’s Song by Alfred Austin.
In the Beginning when, out of darkness,
The Earth, the Heaven,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcdeedd faXgacehd ciceXXbbbbdd dedfEXEdXdhhchiddX ebXXaceaXXdbaXcegXcd
- Stanza lengths: 8,9,12,18,20,
- Metre: 0001011010 01010 01010 01011 11110 11010 01110 11110 11010 01111 11110 01010 01110 11010 11110 01010 11110 1100111010 11110 01010 01110 01110 10110 01110 01010 1110101110 11010 11010 10110 110110 01110 11010 11110 10110 01010 10110 01110 01111 11110 11110 11010 01011 11010 01110 00010 01110 11110 11011001010 01110 10110 101100 1101101110 01010 01110 01111 1111 110010 10110 11010 01111 01110 11101001010 11110 11110 11110 01001001010 01110
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 67
Repeated words/phrases
and, mighty
Anaphora
the, and, of, her
Anadiplosis
mighty
