This is an analysis of The Alternative - 1908 by Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis.
If, some day, you should find me, cold and stark
If you should stumble o'er my lifeless clay…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedeff gcgcXX bXbXhh cccXii
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 0111111111 01110101101 0111011101 1101 1011111111 1101111101 0111011101 1111011101 0011110101 1101 1101111101 0101000100 1101111101 1101010101 10101111111 1101 1101010011 11010111101 1011101111 11110011100 1101011111 1010 1101010101 1100111101 1111010100 01111100111 110110001 0111 1101111011 1101010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 34
Anaphora
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