This is an analysis of A Song Of Sherwood by Alfred Noyes.
Sherwood in the twilight, is Robin Hood awake?
Grey and ghostly shadows are gliding through the brake,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccDD bbee ffdD Xccc ggdD ffff hhdD ccgG ffgG bbdD iiddXccDD
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 110011010101 111011110101 110010110001 100010011101001 101010110101 1010101100101 101110111101 011011010101 101010110101 1010101010101 101011100001 010110111100 101010010101 0101010110101 11010101010101 011011010101 10001110101 011111110101 10001110001 11000100010001 101010010101 100010010101 10101110111 011011010101 10110110101 10101110101 10101110101 110100010101 10111011101010 0101110111110 01110101001101 011011010101 1010110111 101010001001 101011010101 110011010101 10101011101 11000100010101 10001110001 110011010101 101110101001 1010101110101 100010110101 011011010101 1011100100111 1010101010101 010101010100101 1101010010111 10101010101 101010110101 101110111101 011011010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 13
- Lines: 52
Repeated words/phrases
of, and, in, away, rake, begin, to, robin
Anaphora
rake
