This is an analysis of The Forlorn Hope by Henry King.
How long vain Hope do'st thou my joys suspend?
Say! must my expectation know no end!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccXdbbeeXdffgg
- Stanza lengths: 18,
- Metre: 1111111101 1111010111 1111100101 1010011101 1101001111 1110111110 11110101100 1111010111 11010100101 1100010101 1111010110 1101110100 11110101101 11010111101 1101111101 1111011001 1111011110 1101100111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 18
