This is an analysis of Mafeking by Alfred Austin.
Once again, banners, fly!
Clang again, bells, on high,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaabcXXb dddefffe gggbaaaX dddhiiih hhhjXXcj aaaikkki iiijlllj
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 101101 101111 100111 10110 100100 100100 0110001 10110 101101 101101 110101 10110 1001101 101101 111101 10110 111101 111101 110101 10110 011111 100111 111101 11100 110111 100101 110101 10111 101111 110111 101001 10010 111111 110101 100101 10010 111101 100100 100100 10110 110101 100101 111111 11110 100101 110101 100101 10110 110111 111101 111111 10110 110101 111101 100101 01010
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 56
Anaphora
long
Anadiplosis
die
