This is an analysis of A Cavalier Song by Robert Browning.

Kentish Sir Byng stood for his King,
Bidding the crop-headed Parliament swing:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaAcXbbd eAA ffdd eAA ccggXeaA
  • Stanza lengths: 11,3,4,3,8,
  • Metre: 10111101 1001101001 1100101001 11011011011 10011011 1101001001 111101111 0010110110010 10111001 1001011111 11 10 10011011 1101001001 1001101001 1100010111011 10011001 1011001111 10 10011011 1101001001 1111101101 001011111001 110111011 11001011101 10 11011011 1101001001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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