This is an analysis of Come Not When I Am Dead by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

Come not, when I am dead,
To drop thy foolish tears upon my grave,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dXdXcc
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,
  • Metre: 111111 0111010111 01011101 11001011111 1101110101 1111 1000110111 1111010110 1111111101 1101001 1111110111 1111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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