This is an analysis of In Memoriam A. H. H.: Preface by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

Strong Son of God, immortal Love,
Whom we, that have not seen thy face,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbacddcdeed fggf eeee geeg hiih dhhd effe chhc jkkj
  • Stanza lengths: 12,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11010101 11111111 11110101 01011101 11110111 11010111 11011111 01011111 11111001 11011111 11111101 11111111 11010101 010100111 11111111 11110101 11010111 11111100 11110101 11111111 11111101 11000111 11110101 01010101 11010101 110100011 11110101 11110101 11011111 11111111 11110101 11110111 01111101 11111101 11010101 11011101 01111101 11011111 11110111 111100001 011111001 01000101 01011101 10110111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 9
  • Lines: 44

Repeated words/phrases

thou, and, not, he, they, we, more, thy, man, i

Anaphora

thou, our, they, i