This is an analysis of Sydney Harbour by Henry Kendall.
Where Hornby, like a mighty fallen star,
Burns through the darkness with a splendid ring…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcddccdcceeXbfeggdeceggcccgg cXgcXgXeacc XfceecgceX
- Stanza lengths: 29,11,10,
- Metre: 1101010101 1101000101 0111110101 0101010111 1101010001 0101010101 0101011111 1111110101 1001110101 1001011101 01011101001 0100010101 1111011101 01011111111 1001010101 1100110111 1111010101 0101011101 010011001001 1111000101 1101110100 01011100111 11010010101 11111110111 0101011111 11011100101 11001010101 0101010111 0101010001 1111000101 1001010101 0101111101 1101010101 0101010101 11010011111 0111110101 1101010101 1101011101 1101110101 01010010111 0101010101 0101010001 1111000101 0101010101 1101011101 1101010101 0101010101 1101010101 0101110101 1101011000
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 50
Repeated words/phrases
and, by, with, its
Anaphora
of, a, and