This is an analysis of Song by Christina Georgina Rossetti.

When I am dead, my dearest,
Sing no sad songs for me;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXbbaca XdXdaaca
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,
  • Metre: 1111110 111111 11110111 110101 0011011 0101101 1011010 101101 1111011 111101 11110100 111001 1101011 111111 1011010 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

and, i, not

Anaphora

and, i