This is an analysis of In Tintagel Graveyard by Brian Patten.
Who brought flowers to this grave?
I, said the wren.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbc cded fbb fcbX aG XXcXGee
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,3,4,2,7,
- Metre: 1110001 1101 1101111 101 1101111 110010111 110100101 100101 1101101 10101 11111001 1111 1011101 1100001100101 11010 111 011110 0010011 0010011 00100101101 011110 101010101 1101111101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 23
Repeated words/phrases
i, help, of, with
Anaphora
i, they, with