This is an analysis of The Grandmother by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
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And Willy, my eldest-born, is gone, you say, little Anne?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbCd Xeebb Xffgg Xhhaa aggiI ajjkK Xllmm Xccii Xaabb diill annkk XiinX XbblX XgXXK Xbbbb Xoopp Xbbbb Xaajj Xggii Xkkll Xnngg Xeebb Xeeaa Xggdd XbbiI XmmiX XCcaa
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Metre: 1 11011010111101 10111110111101 11011101101101 10011101111101 1 11011010110101 110101011010001 1001101011101011 11111111101101 1 101101101010001 10011111101101 10110100111011101 11101110101001 1 10011110111001 110110111101111 11011110111101 011111010111101 1 111111101111111 11110110111111 11011101111101 10111101111001 1 1101001011011011 110100101111001 111110100110101 100001110100001 1 1101101100111111 110110011111111 11001011001011010 101001011111010010 1 101010011111111 1011010101001001 1011010110111011 1011010100101001 1 1101101001101101 11111110101001 1001011111010 110010100101111 1 111111111101101 1100100111101101 011011101101001 1111001011100100 1 100101111101001 10101111101101 10001110111111 11111011011101 1 10111011101111 100101101010011 11111100100101001 110111101111010 1 111111011100111 1111111110101 111111110101101 11011011110101 1 10110111111111 1111100101011110 111111001110111 100001110100001 1 11011010110111 1010100011101001 101110111101111 11110110101011 1 1101111101101 110110101101101 11111011111001 1111011110111101 1 011011101001011 11101101001011001 110110111110101 11110110111101111 1 11111011110111 11011110111101 10101111100101 11111111111111 1 111010101111111 10100100101111101 1111011101101 11001010110111 1 100100111011111 101111101011011 10010011111100 1100001101101001 1 110110110111011 101100100101001 11111111100111 11111100100111 1 11111011100101 11011101101101 1101101111011 11011101111001 1 11001010011011 1110010110110111 10101111101111 111110101111111 1 0010101111111 11001011101001 11110010111111 100110100100101 1 1100101100101 110101111111001 110010010111111 10111101111001 1 110111101101110 1111111011111110 11001110010001 111100011111001 1 11011101101101 11110101111111 101010111111101 110011011101101
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 27
- Lines: 135
Repeated words/phrases
and, i, his, him, lie, that, which, whit, ', had, he, man, like, annie, they, at, of, my
Anaphora
i, that, and
Epiphora
'
Anadiplosis
i
