This is an analysis of In Memoriam A. H. H.: 44. How Fares It With The Happy Dead? by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

How fares it with the happy dead?
For here the man is more and more;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbacddceeee fccf
  • Stanza lengths: 12,4,
  • Metre: 11000101 11010111 11010101 11011001 01110111 11010101 11111111 01010101 100101000 01111001 11110101 01110011 01010111 11110101 110010011 01111111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16