This is an analysis of A New Song To An Old Tune by William Ernest Henley.
SONS of Shannon, Tamar, Trent,
Men of the Lothians, Men of Kent,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabXccdX bbeeffdX ddggggdX
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
- Metre: 1010101 10010101 1010111 100101010 10011111 10110111 110100101 10011110 1011101 11010101 101100111 100100101 10010101 10010001 010100101 10011110 100101100 11010111 011010111 111011111 111011111 11011111 110100101 10011110
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
of, and
Anaphora
so
