This is an analysis of Safi by Henry Kendall.
Strong pinions bore Safi, the dreamer,
Through the dazzle and whirl of a race,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abCbCdbd ebfb ADGD ahah eiXi fjfj fbkb glfl kkfk aeme afgf mjbj fhfh fbXb ADGD fXfh adka ajkj fXbc deXe
- Stanza lengths: 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 110110010 101011001 1011010010 101101001 1011010010 11011001 1011010010 11001001 1011011110 111111001 0011011010 101001101 111010010 1111101 1111010010 101001101 010010010 11101001 1010010010 01001001 110110110 11101001 1110111110 1011010001 110010010 11101001 1011001010 01101011 1110010110 01011001 110010010 11011001 1110010010 11001001 111010010 01001001 110110011 11001101 110011010 010001111 1110110010 11101001 1011010110 101101001 0110011010 11000111 010010010 010010101 011110010 11111001 110011110 11101001 010010110 110010001 1010010110 01011011 1010010010 11001001 111001111 111001001 111010010 1111101 1111010010 101001101 111010010 11001001 010010010 11001001 110010010 1111010010 110010010 01101010 1110111010 111111001 0010110110 11010101 010011010 011001010 1111110010 01101001 111011101 11001101 1010010010 11101101
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 20
- Lines: 84
Repeated words/phrases
and, of, his
Anaphora
i, and