This is an analysis of Knickerbocker by Henry Austin Dobson.

Shade of Herrick, Muse of Locker,
Help me sing of Knickerbocker!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXaXaccbbddaa eeffddddXX ggff
  • Stanza lengths: 16,10,4,
  • Metre: 10101010 11101010 1011111 1010100 11111010 10101010 10100110 11101010 1111111 1011101 1111111 1110101 11111010 11101010 10111010 00111010 1011111 1110111 1011111 1011111 101001110 10101010 10001010 11110010 1011100 11101000 1111101 1010101 1111111 0011101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 30

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