This is an analysis of Fishing Song: To J.A. Froude And Tom Hughes by Charles Kingsley.

Oh, Mr. Froude, how wise and good,
To point us out this way to glory-…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XabaXX cdXdXd aXXXcb X
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,1,
  • Metre: 11011110 011101010 11111101 111101110 11011100100 11001010101010 11011011 111111010 011110111 110101010 11010101010 1111010101010 01001100 010101100 11110111 110101110 110111001110 0111011101010 1001
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

and, blarney, frying, dennis