This is an analysis of Victoria Regina by Sir Henry Newbolt.

A thousand years by sea and land
Our race hath served the island kings,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd aeae
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 01001111 11110101 11110101 010101001 11010001 01011101 11010101 11010111 11111101 11111111 11011101 11011111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

her, and