This is an analysis of To My Brother, Basil E. Kendall by Henry Kendall.

TO-NIGHT the sea sends up a gulf-like sound,
And ancient rhymes are ringing in my head,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaaabaXXabb
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0101110111 1101110011 0101011111 1111011101 1111001101 11110100101 1101010111 1101111101 0111111101 0101011101 01110001000 0011011101 01001111101 0101111101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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