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!…
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