This is an analysis of Weary by Sir Henry Parkes.

WEARY of the ceaseless war
Beating down the baffled soul,—…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa baba acac dede efef
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1000101 1010101 1110100 1110101 1000111 1111101 1010101 1010101 1000111 1000101 1010101 1011101 10001001 1110101 1000101 1010101 1010101 1000111 1011111 1010101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

to, weary