This is an analysis of Euterpe by Henry Kendall.
CHILD of Light, the bright, the bird-like! wilt thou float and float to me,
Facing winds and sleets and waters, flying glimpses of the sea?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aAbbccddaA DDeXeeffDD GGaaccccGG HHXeiiddHH
- Stanza lengths: 10,10,10,10,
- Metre: 101010111111101 101111101010001 101010101010101 1111001011001001 111111101011101 1010111010001001 1010111010101101 101110101011101 101010111111101 101111101010001 111010101011111 1010101101111101 111010100010111 1010101001110100 11111101010101 10111110101101 101111101011111 100110101011101 111010101011111 1010101101111101 001010101011111 101000101010001 001010101010001 111011101011101 1110001101010101 100010101110011 11101110111111 1010101001010001 001010101011111 101000101010001 100011101111111 111011101111111 1110111111101011 1011101100101001 1010101010111010 110011010111010 111011101010101 1110100101010011 100011101111111 111011101111111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
of, and, with, thy, half
Anaphora
vexed, murmur
