This is an analysis of In Tintagel Graveyard by Brian Patten.

Who brought flowers to this grave?
I, said the wren.…

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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