This is an analysis of Syrinx by Henry Kendall.
A HEAP of low, dark, rocky coast,
Unknown to foot or feather!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd ebeb fbXb cgcg abab abab dbdb dhXhXfhfh
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 01011101 0101110 01110101 11010010 01010111 11010010 11011101 11010110 11010001 1101010 01010101 0101010 11110111 1111010 01010111 1111010 01010101 1111010 110000101 1101010 01011111 0111010 11010001 1111010 11110111 1001110 01000101 1101010 11111101 1101110 11010101 1101010 110001001 1101010 11000101 1101110 110101101 1101010 10110111 0111010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
and, her
Anaphora
a, and
