This is an analysis of Our Men by William Watson.
Our men, they are our stronghold,
Our bastioned wall unscaled,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXaXbaXa cdcdeaea fgfghbhb icicjgjg kikiebeb
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 1111111 11001100 1011111 0111010 1101010 111101 1011110 101111 1111010 111111 1111010 111111 1111110 110101 1011010 111111 1101110 011001 1101110 101111 1111010 011111 0111010 011101 1101110 111111 1001010 110111 1101010 111101 11110110 111101 1101111 110111 1110011 011111 1011110 1100101 1101010 1001001
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 44
Repeated words/phrases
our, they, and, to, us
Anaphora
our, asking, they, and, the, what
