This is an analysis of Vitaï Lampada by Sir Henry Newbolt.
There's a breathless hush in the Close to-night—
Ten to make and the match to win—…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababacXX dedefcfX gagadcdc
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
- Metre: 1010100101 10110101 010110101 1100110110 101101001001 1010100101 1010110101 111111011 0100100101 100100111 010110101 1010010111 010011101 110111001 10100111001 111111011 00011111 10010101 100100111 11110101 01100101 11110101 110100101 11111101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
to, and
Anadiplosis
red
