This is an analysis of Rizpah by Henry Kendall.
SAID one who led the spears of swarthy Gad,
To Jesse’s mighty son: “My Lord, O King,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcaddddefddXgXahdhijXdgdeidif ac hheaikhblhfgXdafhikfdhjXelgdhi
- Stanza lengths: 30,2,30,
- Metre: 1111010101 0101011111 1101110111 1101111101 0101010101 0101111001 0100111111 0100110100 1111101101 0100110101 0111010111 11011111101 1101110111 1001011001 1100110111 1101010101 0100110111 11010011 0111111111 1101111101 1101111101 1101011110 0101110001 0101010101 1111000101 1101000101 0101010101 1111010101 0111011111 1101011101 1101010111 1101110101 1111001101 1111111101 1101100101 1111010001 1101111101 1101001011 0110011011 0111110101 0101010001 1101001110 1101010101 1001010101 1101110011 1001000101 0101110100 1101010111 0111011101 1100010101 1111011101 1101010101 11110101011 11110101001 11110100101 1101101000 11001110101 1101010101 11001010101 1101011100 0101010101 1111010010
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 62
Repeated words/phrases
nor, and, her, of, in, or
Anaphora
the, and, but
