This is an analysis of The Sailor Boy To His Lass by William Schwenck Gilbert.
I go away this blessed day,
To sail across the sea, MATILDA!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcbdbeb fbabXbfb cbdbebab gbXbhbcb gBDBFBEB ibgbabgb ibfbjbab jbgbfbib kbibjbib dbebkbdb Xbebibib dbhbfbXbXgBDBFBEB
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Metre: 1101011 010101010 110111001 110101010 11011111 100111010 11011101 010111010 01111101 110111010 11110101 010001010 01101101 010101010 11011101 011111010 11111111 010111010 11010111 011101010 11111111 010111010 01011111 10111010010 11010111 111101010 11111111 101101010 11111111 110111010 01011101 10000100010 11010111 010101010 01011111 011111010 01010101 011101010 10011101 010101010 110111001 110101010 11111101 011111010 11010101 011111010 11010101 111111010 11111101 111101010 11011101 111101010 01011111 011111010 00011101 010111010 11010111 100101010 11010101 011101010 11011101 111101010 11011111 110111010 11111101 011111010 11111101 010101010 01011111 111101010 11010101 110100010 10111101 111101010 11111101 011101010 11010111 111101010 01011111 111101010 1111110 111101010 11011111 010001010 11111101 110001010 11010101 111001010 01011101 010101010 01011101 111101010 111011111 100101010 11111101 110011010 11010111 010101010 01011111 011111010 01010101 011101010 10011101 010101010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 13
- Lines: 104
Repeated words/phrases
i, you, no