This is an analysis of In Memoriam by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik.

Obiit 1854.
HEAVEN rest thee!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X aaabbccdda AeeaaddffAAddgghhffA
  • Stanza lengths: 1,10,20,
  • Metre: 101 1011 1110101 0110101 1010111 1010101 1110101 11101001 1111101 1010101 1011 1011 11010101 1110101 1110111 1010101 1010111 1011101 1010101 10010011 1011 1011 1010101 0110011 1011111 1110101 1111101 1111101 10110001 1111111 1011
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 31

Repeated words/phrases

thee

Anaphora

heaven

Epiphora

thee