This is an analysis of Verses, On The Death Of The Same Lady by Charlotte Smith.
LIKE a poor ghost the night I seek;
ts hollow winds repeat my sighs;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef cgcg cccc hihi gbgb cfcfXfefe
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 10110111 111010111 01110111 01110011 01111101 11110101 11010101 11111101 11011101 1011101001 11011111 110011101 11111101 11110001 11110101 11111111 11110101 01010101 01110111 11011111 1100011 10110101 01110111 01101111 111100101 111111010 01010111 010101010 101110111 010100101 01011101 110000101 111101001 11111101 010011111 110011101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 36
Anaphora
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