This is an analysis of The Secret Foe by Katharine Tynan.

When now to battle he shall ride,
The bravest of the brave,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdXd acac Xece fefeXfafa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 11010111 010001 1010101 110101 10111101 010101 11110101 110101 11010111 110101 11010101 101100 11010101 101111 01111101 110111 100100011 011101 01001111 110101 01000101 101011 100101011 010001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

and, not

Anaphora

and, lest