This is an analysis of Brantford's Welcome To The Prince Of Wales, 1860 by Thomas Cowherd.

Welcome, thrice welcome, to our fair town,
Albert Edward, the heir to Brittania's Crown!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: AAbbaccc ccddceee fXggfhhh cchhcbbb hhiihbbb AAjjahhh
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 101100111 10100101001 110110 010100 11101011001 001001 111001 11101011011 101011011 11101011101 111010 111010 01011001001 01011 011001 11001111001 111101001 11011011101 111110 010110 11011111011 111111 101011 111011111101 111011011 11111111010 110110 0100110 11101101001 11111 101001 11101001101 101111011 01101101011 0100110 110110 01011101011 11101 011001 01011001101 101100111 10100101001 110010 111010 01111111001 111011 111001 1010010000101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 48

Repeated words/phrases

of, and

Anaphora

no

Epiphora

of