This is an analysis of A Letter From The Front by Sir Henry Newbolt.

I was out early to-day, spying about
From the top of a haystack -- such a lovely morning --…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXabac dcebfdfXeXXXdXXba XX
  • Stanza lengths: 7,17,2,
  • Metre: 11110011001 0010011101010 11110010101 11010100111 01101001001 001101101111010 0010110010011 1111111010010 1101110010001 1111010111010 111011110010 111101101011001 111100100110 01010100001110 1101100 1111010 111001011101 111010101010 011110 1110110 0101010001001 1011001101011 100110110010 10110010010010 110111111010 1011110010100
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 26

Repeated words/phrases

i, and

Anaphora

and