This is an analysis of Sonnets Of The Empire:Gloriana’s England by Archibald Thomas Strong.
Forth sped thy gallant sailors, blithe and free,
Fearing nor foeman’s hate, nor iron clime,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXbaabbX cdecde
- Stanza lengths: 8,6,
- Metre: 1111010111 1011011101 1101110101 1111110101 1111010101 1101010101 1001010101 1101000100 10111101010 1101010111 1101010111 110100101010 11010010101 110111000101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
nor, s, one
