This is an analysis of The Non-Combatant by Sir Henry Newbolt.
Among a race high-handed, strong of heart,
Sea-rovers, conquerors, builders in the waste,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaabXXcXbdcaXdXXX
- Stanza lengths: 17,
- Metre: 0101110101 11010010001 1101010101 1011011101 1111010101 0101110111 0101000101 01001011101 001010010101 1101110101 0101010101 0111011111 1001011101 1011010101 1111011001 0101011111 11001010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 17
Repeated words/phrases
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