This is an analysis of A Chaunt In Praise by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt.

How many hymns have I chaunted, Lady, in laud of thee,
Each with a sigh for its burthen, tear for its antiphon?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab XcXa acba XXXd dece aXbc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11011110100101 10011010110101 11110010110101 10110010100100 10111110100100 10110010100100 11110011100100 10110010110101 10111011100101 10010011100100 10110010110101 11010110111111 11011010111101 10010010111111 11010011111100 100100110101100 10011010101100 100110110111101 11110111101100 10111110111100 10010110111111 100110111011000 11011010111110 10110010100100
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

in, with, of, to, and