This is an analysis of Histories by Virna Sheard.
I weary of the histories of men-
The garnered store of books in grim array;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eaea fgfg haha XiXi
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 1100010001 0101010101 1101010111 1001010101 1100010111 0101110101 1100010101 01010010111 11110111001 11011100100 1011010101 0101111101 1101001101 1111110111 11010100101 01011110011 1100011111 1101111111 1111000101 1111011101 1001010101 1001000101 0100011101 1101010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
of, kings, and
Anaphora
and