This is an analysis of Sir Galahad by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
MY good blade carves the casques of men,
My tough lance thrusteth sure,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefff gdgdhahaXdbd ffffgbgbXafa Xifijdjdgfff akakfdfdjfff ababefefgbfb cfXfgbgXXdgd
- Stanza lengths: 12,12,12,12,12,12,12,
- Metre: 101101001 111101 11010101 011101 010010101 01110101 01011111 011101 11110101 11010101 011101010 11010111 11111101 111101 10110101 010111 11110101 11110111 11010101 110101 11011111 110001111 11111111 01010110 11010101 010111 01110101 110101 11110111 11011111 01110111 010101 11010101 01010101 01110101 11011101 011101010 110101 11111111 111101 01011101 11010101 010101001 110111 1110101 11010101 11110101 11110001 11110101 110111 01110101 011101 01010101 110010111 110010101 110101 11011101 11010101 1110101 110111101 010101010 111111 110101010 110111 11111011 11010101 11000101 110111 11011101 01010111 01110111 11110101 01110001 110101 01010100 111111 11010101 11010101 11110101 110101 11110111 11111111 111110001 01110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 84
Repeated words/phrases
my, and, i, this
Anaphora
my, the, i, pure, this
Anadiplosis
fair
