This is an analysis of The Wake Of The King Of Spain by Anna Laetitia Barbauld.
Arrayed in robes of regal state,
But stiff and cold, the monarch sate;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccXX bbdd eebbdX ffcceegg hhbbeh
- Stanza lengths: 8,4,6,8,6,
- Metre: 01010101 11110111 01010101 11110101 11001111 11010101 11010101 111100100 11110111 11011101 11110101 01000101 01010101 11111101 01010101 11110101 01011111 010111010 01010101 11010111 01010101 10010101 01010101 01010101 111101001 01011111 01110101 01010101 01111101 11110101 01110101 11100101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
and, king, o
Anaphora
and, the
