This is an analysis of The Nightjar by Sir Henry Newbolt.
We loved our nightjar, but she would not stay with us.
We had found her lying as dead, but soft and warm,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaXbXXcddaeXdcXeccbXa
- Stanza lengths: 21,
- Metre: 111101111101 111010111111 100101010111 1111000101010 101111111100 101010010101 110001111001111 110011110101 110101010010 011011011101 1011010100011 110101011101 001001110110 111001010111 110011010101 1101110010101 111101110101 111111100111 10 1101111001 101001000101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 21
Repeated words/phrases
we, and
Anaphora
we
