This is an analysis of Inscription For An Eagle’s Foot by John Kenyon.

Me—Lycia nursed amid her blaze of day;
Me long, on strengthening plume I winged my way…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddaaee
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 1101010101 11110011111 01001010101 11010010101 1111010101 10010101001 1101010101 1101011101 11011100111 101110111 1101111101 1101011111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12

Anaphora

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