This is an analysis of The Girls At Home by Henry Clay Work.

When the daylight fades on the tented field,
And the campfire cheerfully burns,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XababcXc aadadcec efgfgcdc
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 1011110101 101101001 10101101001 0011101 10100101001 110101 10101100101 11100111 1011110101 10101001 1001100111 10101101 001110111 110111 1010110101 00100111 1010100101 101010001 10101110101 10011101 101010101 110101 10100110101 00100111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

of, and

Anaphora

till