This is an analysis of The Oldest Inhabitant Hears Far Off The Drums Of Death by Frederick William (FW) Harvey.
Sometimes 'tis far off, and sometimes 'tis nigh,
Such drummerdery noises too they be !…
Browse poems by Frederick William (FW) Harvey
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aAababbb cdacdA
- Stanza lengths: 8,6,
- Metre: 0111110111 1100010110 1111111101 1101010101 1101011101 1001110101 1011110101 1101010011 1111110111 110111011 1100010101 11010101001 1101011111 1100010110
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
'tis, and
Anaphora
and
