This is an analysis of Persia by Henry Kendall.
I am writing this song at the close
Of a beautiful day of the spring…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcbdedefgfghghg ihihcccc jdjdabab cdcdaXaX ggggdjdj jjjjcdcd khkhlhlh mcmanbnb
- Stanza lengths: 16,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 111001101 0010010001 001101011 101001001 01101001 11001001 11101001 111001011 111011001 001101001 11001101 101101001 001101101 11001011 111111001 01001001 101001001 101001101 11011011 00111001 11101011 01101001 11111001 01101011 11011010 11011011 111101001 001101101 111011000 11001011 01001011 01011001 111001001 101101011 11011001 01001101 11011101 001001001 11011001 11001010 01101001 11001011 101111111 01011001 11111101 01011001 11001001 11001111 11011111 01001011 01101011 11101001 11101011 101101001 001001011 101011001 101001001 11011011 11101001 01101011 01011011 01101001 11011011 01111001 11111011 11101000 11011011 11101010 11001001 11101011 101001011 101111001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 72
Repeated words/phrases
of, and, to, his
Anaphora
and, all
