This is an analysis of To Edward Dowden: On Receiving From Him A Copy Of 'The Life Of Shelley' by William Watson.
First, ere I slake my hunger, let me thank
The giver of the feast. For feast it is,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XabcdefgahXiadajaccjeXiaheXahchhXjXhfagcckiXfjecXXihhhcghabkdgXeagak
- Stanza lengths: 68,
- Metre: 1111110111 0100011100 10010010001 01011100001 1100110101 0111010101 11010100101 0101011101 10010011101 1111111001 011101010 1110100111 1110011111 1101011101 1101010111 1001011101 1000010100 1111001101 1100010101 1001110001 0101110111 0101100110 1101010110 11010011001 1101110101 1011110011 1111010101 0101010101 0101110101 1111010101 1001010111 0101100001 1011011111 0101111101 0111010100 1011010111 01000010001 0111010011 1111001111 1101110101 11110111110 0100110111 1101010101 01100100100 1111011101 10010100101 1101110111 1001010001 1111010101 1011010110 0111010111 1101010101 010010001 0110011101 1011010101 1011010001 1101010111 1101010101 110100000111 0101000101 11010100101 01011100101 1101001000 1101111101 1101010111 1011110001 11000110111 1011010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 68
Repeated words/phrases
of, and, him, to, each, all
Anaphora
he, and, of, the
Epiphora
retained
