This is an analysis of Song For Heroes by Ellis Parker Butler.

Captain O’Hare was a mariner brave;
He refused to abandon his ship;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXBX cdcdBd efefBf ghghbh
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 1001101001 101001001 01011001001 101001101 11 01001101 1110101011 11011111 11101101011 101001101 11 01001101 1001101011 11001001 01011111101 101001101 11 01001101 1101101001 101101101 11011110001 101001101 111 101010001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

his, haw