This is an analysis of For Ever by Henry Kendall.
OUT of the body for ever,
Wearily sobbing, “Oh, whither?”…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaba Xcdc efbf Xghg bbbb Xiji dgbg Xbkb flgl Xheh kmXm angn XcfC bbeb achc XjgjXacfC
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 10010110 10010110 011110010 11010010 10110010 1011101 1000110110 11011101 10100010 1011101 010010010 11001001 11001111 1011001 110011010 01001001 1111110 01101001 111010010 101001001 011010010 11011111 110110010 01101001 111010010 11001001 111110110 11001001 010110110 11001001 110010010 01101001 111010010 11001001 111010110 01001001 1011110010 01001001 011011010 01001001 1010011110 11001001 010110110 01101101 0011010110 11011101 1011111110 11001101 010110010 1001011 10110010 01101101 110110111 11111001 110110010 01001010 11110110 11111111 011110110 11101011 10010100 0001001 10110110 11010101 10010110 11011011 10110010 01101101
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 17
- Lines: 68
Repeated words/phrases
and, away, i, nor
Anaphora
she