This is an analysis of The Great Grandfather by Charles Lamb.
My father's grandfather lives still,
His age is fourscore years and ten;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xaba cded caaa ecfc afef ecgc Xcbc Xgcec
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
- Metre: 11011011 01010011 11010001 0100011 10111101 010011011 11010111 01110101 11110101 11011101 11101001 11100111 01011111 11011001 01011101 010100111 01010110 11010111 11011111 01010100 01010111 11011101 00110101 01011001 01000101 110011011 111100101 11000101 11010101 11011111 01001111 110110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 39
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