This is an analysis of A Canadian Reply by Edward William Thomson.
IF ancient England nobly sing,
We hearken to the song.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaab cbX de debfb f Xghg dXdh i hihdc dc fjf jdkdk lllle beb kk kkXdbXd
- Stanza lengths: 5,3,2,5,1,4,4,1,5,2,3,5,5,3,2,7,
- Metre: 01010101 110001 01110101 010101 01011101 010101 110100101 1101011 1010111 110101 01010101 011101 1110101 011101 010100101 010101 110111001 111101 01110101 110101 01011101 010001 11110101 110111 01010101 011101 11110111 010101 11111101 010101 11010011 010101 10011111 110101 11010101 110101 11110101 010101 11110001 011111 10010101 110111 01011101 110101 11011101 01001001 11010101 110101 11010101 110101 11010101 111101 11011101 0100101 10010101 110101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 17
- Lines: 56
Repeated words/phrases
from, to, of
Anaphora
but, from, must
