This is an analysis of The Boundary Rider by Thomas William Heney.
THE BRIDLE reins hang loose in the hold of his lean left hand;
As the tether gives, the horse bends browsing down to the sand,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeff aacc gggg dddd aaff hhffXggdd
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 01011100100111 10101011101001 101001110010101 1111111110001 010010101100111 10101010010111 10110110100101 01001011101111 1101011101001 01100011101011 011010011001001 110010010101001 1101001010100101 11010011100101 01101010110111 110010111100101 1001110101001 10010110110111 100101101010011 10100100101001 1111011011111 1110100101111001 101001110101101 10010010011101 11011111101101 1011011101001 11001011111101 010010011010101 1100101101111 11001010101001 110010110100111 11101111101001 001011111100101 10101111100111 0100111101101 11111111011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 44
Repeated words/phrases
in, his, he, to