This is an analysis of Boot And Saddle by Robert Browning.

Boot, saddle, to horse, and away!
Rescue my Castle, before the hot day…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaa X aaa X aaa X aXX X
  • Stanza lengths: 3,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,
  • Metre: 11001101 1011001011 1001001001 101010011100 1101001111 1001101011 10101011101 101010011100 10101101111 11010001001 1101010111 101010011100 1111011011 11110010010 11010011010 101010011100
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 16