This is an analysis of The Glove And The Lions by James Henry Leigh Hunt.
King Francis was a hearty king, and loved a royal sport,
And one day as his lions fought, sat looking on the court;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddeeXX ffgghh bbiiaX
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 11010101110101 11110101110101 01010101010011 11010101011111 11010101011101 1011101011010101 1011010010101 11111111011011 0100111011111010 1101011110010010 01010101110101 11011010011011100 010110001010101 01011111111101 1101110011110 11011101010101 110101110010001 11110101110001 11010101111111 11100101010101 01110111110101 11011101100101 10101101001001110111 1010011101001101110
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
and, he, love
Anaphora
and
