This is an analysis of Consolation by Edward William Thomson.

A TENDER miracle so blends
The separate life which is our fate…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aba b cdcd efef
  • Stanza lengths: 3,1,4,4,
  • Metre: 01010011 010111011 01011001 01000100 01110011 11011101 11011101 01010101 11011111 11100011 11010101 11010111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 13

Repeated words/phrases

we

Anaphora

we