This is an analysis of Astarte by Henry Kendall.
ACROSS the dripping ridges,
O, look, luxurious night!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXBBcDCeabAAXeC fgfggchC difIIXgCXdhdHHcDC
- Stanza lengths: 16,8,17,
- Metre: 0101010 1101001 1101110 110001 110001 111111 11111010 111101 1010010 110101 1111010 111110 111110 111101 111110010 111101 1101010 110101 1101010 111111 111111 1100101 11101111 111101 101010 011101 110110 111101 111101 111111 111010010 111101 0111110 1111001 0111010 010111 010111 111111 11111010 111101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 40
Anaphora
my, one, hath, upon
Epiphora
delight, years, so, sleep, sea
