This is an analysis of For My Daughter by David Ignatow.
When I die choose a star
and name it after me…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XabcbaXcc aXddXX
- Stanza lengths: 9,6,
- Metre: 111101 110101 1111 111010 10101 1010101 100111 11111 011 111 101110 10111111 1110111 1010110 010
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 15
Repeated words/phrases
you
Epiphora
hand
Anadiplosis
you
