This is an analysis of To Arms! (Ii) by Alfred Austin.

Now let the cry, ``To Arms! To Arms!''
Go ringing round the world;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XabacbcbadaX eXebXfXXadad gagahhhhadaX fgfgXeXeadad
  • Stanza lengths: 12,12,12,12,
  • Metre: 11010101 110101 110111001 110001 01010101 110101 11110001 011011 10011111 111111 11011101 110101 01010101 1111010 11011111 110011 11101111 111011 11011101 111010 10010101 010100 01010001 1010001 10010101 0110001 010011101 010111 010011111 010111 100101011 100101 10010101 110111 11010101 110101 110101001 110001 10011111 010101 01010101 110111 11110101 010101 11010001 110101 11010101 1010001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 48

Repeated words/phrases

and, we, her

Anaphora

that, to