This is an analysis of To Damascus by Henry Kendall.
Where the sinister sun of the Syrians beat
On the brittle, bright stubble,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abaab acaaac deddde faXfffX gXgggb hihhi hdhhhd jijjiXiiiiii
- Stanza lengths: 5,6,6,7,6,5,6,12,
- Metre: 101001001001 1010110 101011001001 110010001001 1010010 11011001101 011011 101001001001 00100110101 11001011001 011111 101101101011 010010 001001001001 01001101001 01001011011 110110 111001001001 010010 101101001001 111111001111 01101011001 001001101101 10101100 11111001111 1010100 11111011111 101001001101 101001101101 0010010 11101001011 0011010 11001001011 001110111011 011110 001110111001 0011010 101011001111 111001011011 001001101011 010010 11101111011 0010111 111111001010 001111011011 1110111 001111001011 1110111 11111001101 101101111011 111101011101 0010010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 52
Repeated words/phrases
of, and, with, he, for
Anaphora
and
