This is an analysis of Hands All Round by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
First pledge our Queen this solemn night,
Then drink to England, every guest;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXabcbcDDED fgfgehehDDed cXcXgagaDDED
- Stanza lengths: 12,12,12,
- Metre: 11110101 110101001 11011000 11010101 11011101 01010101 11010100 11010101 111 1010101 0011010111 1011010111 01010111 011101001 01110101 11000101 010101001 01110001 010011111 11010101 111 1010101 0011010111 110100100111 01110110 110001010 01110111 01011101 11010111 110100101 11110111 11010101 111 1010101 0011010111 1011010111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
round, to
Anaphora
to, we