This is an analysis of In Memoriam — Nicol Drysdale Stenhouse by Henry Kendall.
SHALL he, on whom the fair lord, Delphicus,
Turned gracious eyes and countenance of shine,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xaba cdcd eaea fafa gcXc chch ihih jcjc aiai Xkbk kjkjXgkgk
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 1111011100 1101110001 0101010101 01010100101 1101010101 1111001101 11011100101 0101110101 1111110011 11111100011 1101000111 1101110101 11010001001 1101110101 0101000101 1111110101 1110011101 1011010111 0101011100 1111010001 0101111101 01100111101 1101000100 11010010001 1101010101 1111110101 0101010101 0101010101 0101110101 1101010101 11010100111 11010010101 1101110101 11110010111 0101000100 1111010101 11110001000 1101111101 1101010101 11101100001 0100111111 11011110101 110101001 1101110001 1111110011 1101010101 1111010001 010111001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 12
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
and, he
Anaphora
and, no
