This is an analysis of A Paean by Edgar Allan Poe.
How shall the burial rite be read?
The solemn song be sung?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab X cdcd X eaea X fXfX g gbXb g haha X idid X bjbj X kdkd X ekek XXjiji
- Stanza lengths: 4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,6,
- Metre: 110100101 010101 0100101001 110111 1 0111010 110101 1110010 110001 1 110101 11100101 1110101 1110111 1 111111 00101001 1110101 1111111 1 111110 101101 11001100 1011111 1 110101 011101 111101 0011011 1 001111 1011 0010101 1010101 1 11010111 110101 10110011 1000100 1 110111 1111111 111111 101111 1 011111 1111110 0100101 01110010 1 110101 1011001 111111 001011
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 21
- Lines: 54
Repeated words/phrases
her, they, dead, thou, too
Anaphora
the, and, that