This is an analysis of What Have I Done For You by William Ernest Henley.
What have I done for you,
England, my England?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aBaCdddcbc cBcCXcccbc eBecfffcXc bBbCeeecbc gBgCbbbcbc
- Stanza lengths: 10,10,10,10,10,
- Metre: 111111 10110 1011111 1011 01100101 1010101 100100111 10111101 10 10111101 110101 10110 1010111 1011 1110110 1010101 1110101 00111101 10 10011101 100101 10110 1111111 1011 1001111 1010111 1011111 10111101 10 10111101 111111 10110 1010111 1011 1111101 0110100 1111111 00111101 10 10111101 100111 10110 0011101 1011 1010001 10100101 1010001 00111101 10 101011101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 50
Repeated words/phrases
england, of
