This is an analysis of A Classical Revival by William Schwenck Gilbert.
At the outset I may mention it's my sovereign intention
To revive the classic memories of Athens at its best,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcbdeXecdXfd aGAXhhhX dibbfijbdbXdccXc agaghhhX ajXjXklhkhaXa aGAXlllg
- Stanza lengths: 13,8,16,8,13,8,
- Metre: 101111100110010 001010100010101 1110001010101010 101010100011001 10101000010011010 10100100110101 1110101011101000 101101000010101 0010101000100110 111110101011101 111001111010011 11101010101011 1 10101110 1010101 01100010 001010100 10001010 01101010 10101010 00101010 00100010100101110 101110100010101 110101111010111 1100101 1011111111101 01 1110001110111100 101 101010101010101 11111010101110 10 111010101110111 1110101010101010 111110100010001 10001011100110 101000100110001 10111010 1010111 10001010 0010101 00101010 10111010 10101010 101000100 1100101011100110 111010100010011 1111010111110101 11010111011101 1110101010101100 101001101110101 10110100111010 10 101010100110101 1110100010101111 11101111010001 101010101010100000 101110101110101 10111010 1010101 01100010 001010100 11101010 01100010 00100010 1110101
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 66
Repeated words/phrases
which, of, or, have, i
Anaphora
which, and