This is an analysis of King Erick's Faith by Lady Jane Wilde.
In Upsal’s stately Minster, before the altar, stands
The Swedish King, brave Erick, with high uplifted hands…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeXe bbcc ddbb ddaa bbaa aXdd
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 0101010010101 0101110011001 0101111010101 1101010110011 1101001010101 0101001111111 11011101101001 0101001110101 11010010110101 0101010110100 1111100011110 1101010010101 1101110110101 1111011010111 0101110110101 0101100111111 1101110111111 0101001110111 01010100111101 0101010111001 11010101101001 10010101000111 1001010010101 1111110110111 1101110110101 1101010111001 1011010110101 1101100110101 1101111010101 10010101101010 1101010110101 1101110110111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
his, god, and
Anaphora
skalater
