This is an analysis of A Salutation Of His Majesties Ship The Soveraign by Henry King.

Move on thou floating Trophee built to fame!
And bid her trump spread thy Majestick name;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddbbeebbbbbbffggbXhhiibbiieX
  • Stanza lengths: 34,
  • Metre: 111101101 1101111001 1011011101 1101010101 1110110111 0101001101 1100011101 0111110100 0111010001 1001101111 01110011011 1111010101 1101100101 1110010101 1101010001 0110011101 11111011010 01010100110 1101111101 01001010111 11001011101 1001110101 1101010101 01111111010 11100111101 1001011001 1111110101 0101100001 1111110111 1101111001 1110111111 1010001111 1101000101 0111001100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 34

Repeated words/phrases

and, thy