This is an analysis of In Memoriam A. H. H. Obiit Mdcccxxxiii: 3. O Sorrow, Cruel by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
O Sorrow, cruel fellowship,
O Priestess in the vaults of Death,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbacddcXccX eeee
- Stanza lengths: 12,4,
- Metre: 11010101 11000101 11110001 11001101 1101101001 01010101 01110101 11000101 101010101 01010001 01010011 010101010 11110111 010111000 11010101 01011001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 16
Repeated words/phrases
o
Anaphora
o, and, a
