This is an analysis of Man Into A Churchyard by Bernard Gutteridge.

He comes unknown and heard and stands there
Breathes there hardly and hands grip…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbb bXXX aXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 110111111 1110111 111011101 01110001010 1101011 101010110101 101010010 100101011 1010101 100100101001 11101101 001000101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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