This is an analysis of How Shall I Build by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt.
How shall I build my temple to the Lord,
Unworthy I, who am thus foul of heart?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababbaba bcbcXX
- Stanza lengths: 8,6,
- Metre: 1111110001 0101111101 1111011101 1101010101 1111110101 1101110101 1011010111 0111011111 0101111011 1100100101 0111011101 1011001101 1101010101 1011010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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