This is an analysis of Pro Rege Nostro by William Ernest Henley.

WHAT have I done for you,
England, my England?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aBaCdddbc cBcCcccBc eBeCfffBX bBbCeeebc gBgCbbbbc
  • Stanza lengths: 9,9,9,9,9,
  • Metre: 111111 10110 1011111 1011 01100101 1010101 100100111 1011110110 10111101 110101 10110 1010111 1011 1110101 1010101 1110101 0011110110 10011101 100101 10110 1111111 1011 1001111 0110111 1011111 0011110110 00111101 111111 10110 1010111 1011 1111101 0110100 1111111 0011110110 10111101 100111 10110 0011101 1011 1010001 10100101 1010001 0010110110 101011101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 45

Repeated words/phrases

england, and, of

Anaphora

to