This is an analysis of Gillespie. by Sir Henry Newbolt.
Riding at dawn, riding alone,
Gillespie left the town behind;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Abbb XbcX abXb dada XbXX AeXe fbcb Xbdb dbXX bbcb ceXe Xdbd Adcd fXAX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 10111001 01010101 011110101 010111001 110010110 010111111 10110111 10111011 01010101 10110101 011001110 110010111 11010101 11011101 01110101 001011101 100110110 10101111 110101101 11111110 111111 01110101 11110110 110011101 11011101 110100101 110010101 01010101 01110110 01010101 011110101 110100101 10101001 111100111 10010101 111101101 110100101 11110101 1110100101 110101101 1110100101 110101101 11011101 10010101 11011101 110110101 110100111 010011101 111111 01010101 01010101 01001111 11010100 11010101 10111001 01010110
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 14
- Lines: 56
Repeated words/phrases
and, he, their, his
Anaphora
he, their, the