This is an analysis of The Curlew Song by Henry Kendall.
The viewless blast flies moaning past,
Away to the forest trees,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ABBBBCDXDDX eefeXcgXggX XgdghcfXffX fhghXciXiiX ABBBBCDXDDX
- Stanza lengths: 11,11,11,11,11,
- Metre: 01011101 0100101 11011101 1101001 01010101 1100111 1011100101 0100110 10111 00101 0100110 0111100111 1011101 101010101 0010101 11011101 0011111 111111001 00100110 1111 11001 00100110 11010111 0010101 1010100101 1011101 11111111 0100101 110110111 00100110 1101 10111 00100110 01110101 0010111 110110001 0010011 11010101 1100101 110111001 0100110 1101 11001 0100110 01011101 0100101 11011101 1101001 01010101 1100111 1011100101 0100110 10111 00101 0100110
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 55
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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