This is an analysis of Saint Brandan by Matthew Arnold.
Saint Brandan sails the northern main;
The brotherhood of saints are glad.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd bebe fgfg hihi feXe ajaj fgfg hkhk bhbX ffff fbfb fhfh akak haha gegk lclc fafXXcece
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11010101 01010111 11011101 11110101 11010101 11011101 11111100 10010101 11111101 11111101 01010111 01010101 11010101 11100101 11111101 11010101 11011101 01111101 00111101 01010101 10010101 01110101 11011101 11010111 11011101 11111111 11010111 11001101 1011101 01011011 10110101 01110101 11110011 1011110010 11011111 111110110 11010111 01010111 11010111 01011100 11010111 01010101 11101001 01010101 10010101 100010101 11010101 01110111 11011111 11011111 00111111 11111101 11011101 110111010 11000111 11100010 11111101 01110011 11110111 01101111 11010001 01010101 11111111 111001010 110011101 11010101 01000101 11001101 11011101 01011101 110001001 11010111 11001101 11011101 11110101 01011101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 19
- Lines: 76
Repeated words/phrases
that, my, i, of
Anaphora
the
