This is an analysis of Soldiers All by Jean Blewett.
They're praying for the soldier lads in grim old London town;
Last night I went, myself, and heard a bishop in his gown…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbXXccdd eXffaa ccddXcXX ggeX hheefX
- Stanza lengths: 10,6,8,4,6,
- Metre: 11010101011101 11111111010001 01000101010001 11010111110101 01010111111101 11010100010101 10010101110111 01010101110101 11111111010101 11001101110101 01011100110111 01010011100111 11011100010101 01100101011101 11010001110111 11010101110101 10111101111111 11010111111101 11010111010101 01110111110101 111111011101110 11011101110101 11010101011101 01110101010110 10110101110101 11100101110111 1010100111111 11000101111101 10010101011101 11011111111111 11110111010001 11011101011101 11010101010101 01010111010001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 34
Repeated words/phrases
to, and, his, of, i
Anaphora
the
