This is an analysis of Memory by Christina Georgina Rossetti.
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I nursed it in my bosom while it lived,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X aaaa bcbc adae fgfg ahah X dccd iddi jaajXidei
- Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,9,
- Metre: 1 1100110101 1100111011 01110110111 011101 1101010101 1101110101 1101011111 111101 1100110011 1100110101 1101010111 110111 1101111101 1101111111 1011011110 1101111 1101011101 1011110101 1111110111 110111 1 11011001110 111101 1101100101 11110 110111110010 110111 1101010111 01010 01011101111 110111 0111111111 11111 11001111010 111011 1110000101 11010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 11
- Lines: 38
Repeated words/phrases
i, it, in, alone, made, my, choice
Anaphora
i, none, there
Anadiplosis
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