This is an analysis of Go Away, Death! by Alfred Austin.

Go away, Death!
You have come too soon.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Abbbb Acddc Aeffe afggf
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,
  • Metre: 1011 11111 01111111010 1011110101010 1111 1011 10101 01001011011 101101011011 1111 1011 10101 101101011011 101001011101 1111 1011 11111 01111001011 101001011001 1101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 21

Repeated words/phrases

and

Anaphora

come