This is an analysis of In Memoriam A. H. H.: 50. Be Near Me When My Light Is Low by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

Be near me when my light is low,
When the blood creeps, and the nerves prick…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abba cddc effe egge
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 01111101 10111011 11010101 11010101 011101001 01011101 1101011001 11010101 01111101 110101001 11111111 11110111 01111101 01010101 11011101 01100101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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