This is an analysis of Homeward Bound by Henry Van Dyke.
Home, for my heart still calls me;
Home, through the danger zone;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab caca dede fbfb bgbg chch cici jkjk hlll
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 1111111 110101 1110011 10101011 1001110 100101 1001010 1100111 10010110 1111101 1001110 0101101 10001010 1001001 11110010 1001001 1001010 110111 100011010 11011 110110010 10101011 01001010 100101 00101010 1101111 11001010 1101101 1101110 1101001 1010010 010111 1001110 111001 10010111 0100001
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
home, black
Anaphora
home, black