This is an analysis of Pray For The Dead by Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton.
PRAY for the dead—who bids thee not?
Do all our human loves grow pale,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef cgcg ghgh hdhd iiii dede gXgh
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11011111 11110111 11011101 11110101 11110101 11111011 11010101 111001001 11111101 11010101 11110001 10110011 11110111 11110101 11111100 010010101 11010111 11010111 11011101 01110001 11011101 11110101 101111101 111100001 11011101 11010101 11111111 00110011 11111101 11010101 11010111 010111100 11111111 11111100 11101111 11100101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
of, no,
