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,…
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
