This is an analysis of Sonnets Of The Empire: Nelson by Archibald Thomas Strong.

White soul of England’s glory, sovereign star!
Ne’er shall disaster beat her down, nor shame,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbX cdXcda
  • Stanza lengths: 8,6,
  • Metre: 1101010101 1101010111 1111110101 1101100111 11110010101 1101010101 1100010101 1111111010 1111011101 1111011111 1011111110 0111110101 1011010111 1101111111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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