This is an analysis of The African Prince by Letitia Elizabeth Landon.
IT was a king in Africa,
He had an only son;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xaba Xcbc Xded cddd fghg hheh biai ddXddhjh aheh bkgk dbgb ddfd dcac bbjb dklk dhdX ldldXbfgf
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 01010100 111101 1101011 110101 00110111 100101 11010011 111101 11111100 1100101 11011100 010101 01010101 010111 01010101 111101 11010101 010111 11000111 010101 01011101 110110 11011100 1100101 11011101 011111 11010111 111011 11100101 010001 11011001 110101 11010101 110101 10101101 111101 11011111 011101 11010111 011101 11010101 010101 11100101 111101 11011001 0101101 11010111 1111001 11110101 110101 11010101 101101 11010101 0101001 011100110 110101 11100101 111001 11001101 011100 11011101 110001 11100101 010101 11110101 110101 110010101 111111 10111101 010001 11101101 110101 11011101 110101 1110101 110101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 18
- Lines: 76
Repeated words/phrases
and, his, she, him, with
Anaphora
and, when, they, she, one
Epiphora
wind
