This is an analysis of A War Chant by Virna Sheard.

O England! Thy foe hath hated thee long,
And his hate is a deadly thing;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaa bcbbc cdccd eceec feffe gfggf
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Metre: 1101111011 10100101 01100110111 1111000001 1101001 00101100111 11011001 01001011001 10010110101 1010100 111101001 00100111 0111110101 1111100111 1010001 1101001001 10101101 11101101011 1101101001 1011101 1100101101 01101001 1101101101 0101001011 0110101 1101101111 110110101 10101101111 1010110101 0101001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 30

Repeated words/phrases

hatred, his, thou