This is an analysis of The Lame Brother by Charles Lamb.
My parents sleep both in one grave;
My only friend's a brother.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcdc efgf hiji bfgX ehgh kdjd kheh gegX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11011011 1101010 01010101 1101010 01111111 010111 100111111 111101 11111101 111101 11110101 110101 11111101 1100101 11110101 110111 01010100 111111 11011101 101111 11011011 110111 11111100 010001 11110101 110101 10110001 110101 110111110 110101 11010111 110101 11110101 010101 111101001 010111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 44
Repeated words/phrases
he
Anaphora
my, he, and