This is an analysis of A Thought On Death by Anna Laetitia Barbauld.
When life as opening buds is sweet,
And golden hopes the fancy greet,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaabcccbdddbeeebaaab
- Stanza lengths: 20,
- Metre: 111100101 11010101 11010101 01110001 11011101 11011101 01010101 11010001 11111111 11010101 11010101 11110101 11011101 11010101 110010101 11110101 110010111 111100101 11010101 11010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 20
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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