This is an analysis of In Memoriam A. H. H.: 5. Sometimes I Hold It Half A Sin by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
I sometimes hold it half a sin
To put in words the grief I feel;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaaccaXddX
- Stanza lengths: 12,
- Metre: 10110101 01010111 11110101 11010101 11010111 01010101 01010101 11010101 011111110 11010101 11111101 010011111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 12
Repeated words/phrases
half
