This is an analysis of Lilith by Henry Kendall.
Strange is the song, and the soul that is singing
Falters because of the vision it sees;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abaabbcdccdd efeXff ghgghh giggii jbjjbb cdccdd cicccc kdkkdd
- Stanza lengths: 12,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 10011011010 1001001001 11010010010 10011010010 1011001001 1101001001 10011010010 1001011001 10010110010 10111010010 1011101001 1001101001 10101010110 1011011011 10011110110 11010010010 1011101001 1101001011 10110111111 110110101 10010010011 10010010010 10010010011 1001001001 10100010010 1011010001 10100010111 111100100010 1001001001 1001011001 10110010111 10010010001 10101010111 10010110011 1101001011 1001001001 10011010010 1101001001 10110010110 11010111110 1001001001 1001001101 11011010110 1001011011 10010010010 10010010010 10010010010 10010010010 11110011010 1011011001 10010010010 10010010010 1001101101 1101101001
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 54
Repeated words/phrases
of, and, on, she, him
Anaphora
where
Epiphora
him