This is an analysis of Deniehy’s Lament by Henry Kendall.

SPIRIT of Loveliness! Heart of my heart!
Flying so far from me, Heart of my heart!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXa aaXa aaXa aaXa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 10010001011 1011011011 010101110111 1111011011 1011111011 1011011011 111111010101 1101011011 1111111011 11001111011 110100111101 1111011011 1011011011 1001111011 011111111101 1101001011
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

heart, of, my, i, thee

Anaphora

sinning, i

Epiphora

heart