This is an analysis of The Helmsman by Henry Kendall.
LIKE one who meets a staggering blow,
The stout old ship doth reel,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcccb deccce Xcaaac fagggXa hdiiid ehcccj Xeddde jXdddj ddkkkd fiXlliXcdgggd
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,7,6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Metre: 111101001 011111 11011101 10010101 11011101 110101 01010001 011101 11010101 11111101 11110101 110101 11000101 0100101 11011111 01011111 11111111 111101 11111100 111111 11011101 11011101 11011101 110111001 111101 11110101 110101 11111101 11111111 11010111 110111 11110111 111101 11011111 111111001 11110001 0101001 01110101 111101 01010101 11110111 11110001 111111 01010111 010111 11111111 11111101 11111111 010101 01010111 111111 11111001 11110101 11010001 110001 11011100 111110 11011101 11010111 11101111 110111 11100101 111111 01011101 010110001 01010101 111111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 11
- Lines: 67
Repeated words/phrases
and, you
Anaphora
his, he, the
