This is an analysis of The Ivy On The Wall by Henry Kendall.
THE VERDANT ivy clings around
Yon moss be-mantled wall,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXbXcdc eaeaffff XaXaXdbd
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
- Metre: 01010101 110101 10010101 1100111 11000111 1100001 11110101 011101 010101101 110101 11010101 110101 010011101 010111 11010101 010101 110010101 110111 11010101 110011 110101001 010101 11010101 010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 24
Anaphora
that, the
