This is an analysis of O Pulchritudo by Sir Henry Newbolt.

O Saint whose thousand shrines our feet have trod
And our eyes loved thy lamp's eternal beam,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcC dadacC
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,
  • Metre: 1111011111 1111110101 11010000011 1001010011 1111111101 1111000111 11110100111 1001011101 11001000101 0001110111 1111111101 1111000111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 12

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