This is an analysis of To My Dead Friend Ben Johnson by Henry King.
I see that wreath which doth the wearer arm
'Gainst the quick strokes of thunder, is no charm…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccaXXXdddeffggcchhiijjXXggbbkkggbXXXbbggllggbbaaXcllggde
- Stanza lengths: 60,
- Metre: 1111110101 1011010011 0111111101 1101010101 1111110001 1100101101 0111010011 0101110111 1111010111 11001010111 1101110101 1101010101 111111111 1101101100 11111110010 01111101110 111010101 1101011101 1101010001 1101110001 11110011101 11110100101 0111110111 0101010111 1111110101 0111011001 110101111 0101110110 0111011001 1101010001 1100111111 110101010 11011100111 0011110001 1111011101 1101001101 1101100101 0101101100 1111110100 0101011110 01000111111 011111010 110101001 0111010101 1101101001 1111110101 1001011111 11001111111 10110010111 0111110011 1011110101 111111011 11110101100 01110111101 1101010101 1101001101 1111010101 1101111111 11110011111 0101110100
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 60
Repeated words/phrases
to, it, not, thy, and
