This is an analysis of Galatea by Henry Kendall.
A SILVER slope, a fall of firs, a league of gleaming grasses,
And fiery cones, and sultry spurs, and swarthy pits and passes!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aa Xb cc dd ee cc cc ff gg ff cc cc Xa bb ccXcc
- Stanza lengths: 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Metre: 010101010101010 1100111011101110 0111110111011100 111101011111110 0101010011101010 010101010101110 110111011101110 110101011101010 110101011101010 111101010111010 1111010111010110 110101010101110 0100111010111010 0101010100111010 11011001111111 1101011110001111 1101010011101010 110111111111010 110101111111011 110111111101111 1101110011101010 111111111101010 110101011101110 110101011101010 110111011101010 110101110100110 010101010111010 1011000101001010 0101011111010110 110111011001010 110101011101010 010111010101110
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 16
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
and, of, her
Anaphora
and
Epiphora
her, thee, me
Anadiplosis
her