This is an analysis of In Memoriam A. H. H. 116 by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

Is it, then, regret for buried time
That keenlier in sweet April wakes,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbacddceeee fggf
  • Stanza lengths: 12,4,
  • Metre: 001011101 11001101 11011111 01000101 11010101 011101101 11010101 01110111 11010101 01111101 11111111 11010111 11010101 11010101 11010101 11111000
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

and, me