This is an analysis of Written Christmas Day 1797 by Charles Lamb.
I am a widow'd thing, now thou art gone!
Now thou art gone, my own familiar friend,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaXXaXaXbcdXXd bXaecXceeaffc
- Stanza lengths: 14,13,
- Metre: 1101011111 1111110101 0101011100 01110011110 1101001111 01001001101 1111001101 1001111001 11001010101 0101110111 01011101110 00101110111 10110101111 111100 11011 1111111111 0100111101 1011110100 0100110101 0101111111 0110010111 1101010101 0000011111 00101110111 01011010001 1011010101 11011011011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 28
Repeated words/phrases
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