This is an analysis of The Shells by Virna Sheard.

O my brave heart! O my strong heart! My sweet heart and gay,
The soul of me went with you the hour you marched away,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eedd XdXX ffaa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1111111111111 01011010101101 1101010010111 1101010010111 1101110111111 1100010010101 1101010110101 0100010010001 1101010110101 11010101010101 1101011111111 11110111011101 11011011010001 11010111110111 01000101010101 1101010010101 111111111111 1111010111101 01011100010110 0101110110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

my, heart, it, of, and