This is an analysis of Prologue To The Second Part Of Henry Iv by Henry James Pye.

To-night our scene once more from Shakespear's page
Shows the dire factions of a former age,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbb ccXXddeeXfbbaaggff bbggbbbbffggeehhiihh jjffjjhXkkggeell
  • Stanza lengths: 6,18,20,16,
  • Metre: 01111101001 10101000101 1101011101 01010101001 10010100101 1001000101 0111011101 1101010101 00110101100 110010100110 11010100101 1101010101 1101100101 1101000101 11011101010 11001001111 1100010111 01001011101 010011101001 110010101001 1111010101 1101010101 1011011101 11010010111 1100010101 1101010101 11110010101 1001010101 1011000101 1001011101 1101010101 0111010101 010110111 01001010101 1111000101 0100010101 11010100111 100101001001 1001110101 11010100101 10110101001 0011110001 11100111010 10010101010 1101000101 1101000111 1101010101 1011000101 1101000101 1101010111 1111000101 1100100001010 11110100101 01010001001 1101010111 01010101001 0101111111 1110111101 1111110101 10110001001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 60

Repeated words/phrases

in, of, her, his, more

Anaphora

shows