This is an analysis of In Memoriam A. H. H.: 45. The Baby New To Earth And Sky by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

The baby new to earth and sky,
What time his tender palm is prest…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbXXXaXcddc effe
  • Stanza lengths: 12,4,
  • Metre: 01010111 11010101 01010001 1101110010 11111101 110101001100 111011111 110101110 111001011 011100101 11011110 01010101 01110111 11010011 11010101 01010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

and, i

Anaphora

and