This is an analysis of Stanzas by Henry Kendall.

The sunsets fall and the sunsets fade,
But still I walk this shadowy land;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXa bcacXbbab
  • Stanza lengths: 4,9,
  • Metre: 011110111 111101001 1100111001 01110101 101011111 01011101 1110111101 101101001 101010101 01011101 1010100111 0100101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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