This is an analysis of When I Remember by Sir Henry Newbolt.

When I remember that the day will come
For this our love to quit his land of birth,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abba abba ccdddd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,6,
  • Metre: 1101010101 1011010101 1111010101 0111110101 1111000101 1101010101 1101110101 1111111101 1011011111 1111010101 1111010110 0111110101 01010010011 1101001101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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