This is an analysis of In Memory by Edward Robeson Taylor.

Full oft it was as balmy night
Wove many a web of dreamy light,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbC aabbCXaabbc
  • Stanza lengths: 5,11,
  • Metre: 11011101 110010101 01110101 11111001 1101 11110101 11110101 11010101 010010101 1101 110101001 01100101 1100101001 01111001 1101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 15