This is an analysis of Bob by Henry Kendall.
SINGER of songs of the hills—
Dreamer, by waters unstirred,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXXbcacadedefgfg hihibbXb icicbiBi jkjkklkl hbhbgbgb bgbgbjbj gfgfdbdb bibiblbl fjfjgbgb mfmfdidi nfnfcbcb bdBdaiaiXbhbhfjfj
- Stanza lengths: 16,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Metre: 1001001 10110100 1001001 1001101 1001001 1001001 1001001 1001011 1001011 1111011 1011011 1111001 10010001 10001011 1011001 1011101 1001101 1011001 1001101 1001001 1101001 1101011 1001010 1001101 1001001 1001111 1001001 1011011 1111001 1001001 1011011 1001001 1101011 101001 1001001 0101101 1011101 1011001 111001 1101011 1101001 1001001 1001001 1001001 1001001 1001001 10001011 1011001 1111001 1111001 1001101 1001101 1011011 1001101 1111101 1101011 1001011 1011001 1101001 1011101 1101111 1101001 1011001 1001001 0101001 10100101 1101101 1111011 1001001 1001001 1001111 1101001 1001001 1101001 1001101 1001001 1001010 1001111 1001001 1111001 1001001 1001001 1001001 1101001 1101011 1001001 1011011 1001001 1001001 1111101 1011001 101001 1001001 1001001 10110001 10001011 1111001 1011001 1011011 1101011 1001001 1001011 1001001 1001001 1101001 1011001 1001001 1001001 1101001 1011001 1111011 0001001
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 13
- Lines: 112
Repeated words/phrases
of, and, in, s
Anaphora
nobody