This is an analysis of Song of the Mad Prince by Walter de la Mare.

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXbXB XXXX XbXB
  • Stanza lengths: 8,4,4,
  • Metre: 1110010 0110010 11101100 10010 1110111 111101 101010000 1111 11101010 10011 1110111 110100 1110101 111101 11010100 1111
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 16