This is an analysis of Well He Slumbers, Greatly Slain by William Watson.
Well he slumbers, greatly slain,
Who in splendid battle dies;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,
- Metre: 1110101 1010101 1010101 10001111 1010101 1111101 1010111 101111
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 8
