This is an analysis of Romero by William Cullen Bryant.

When freedom, from the land of Spain,
By Spain's degenerate sons was driven,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabcbccddeebfbXghghffhhddaa f fXiijj X aaaabb X hhkkhh X ffccfX
  • Stanza lengths: 29,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,
  • Metre: 11000101 1101001110 11110101 010111010 01010111 110101001 110000101 01011111 11110101 11111101 11011101 11010111 01111111 10100101 11011101 01010111 11010001 110101010 01010101 110101010 01010111 11110101 01010101 11010101 01010111 11110101 00110101 100101001 11011101 1 101111111111 01010101010100 101011000101001 1010111010100101 10111111011110 11100101110101 1 1101011110101 10111110110001 1011111110101 111101110110101 11111100110001 101001101111111 1 111101100101 111111110111111 1010101110011 11111111011101 1101111110101 1010111011010111 1 1111010010111 111001101101111 1010001010011 110101010010001 101101010001 11100101010001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 9
  • Lines: 60

Repeated words/phrases

i, and, thy, for, of

Anaphora

'go, and