This is an analysis of A Thought For A Lonely Death-Bed by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
IF God compel thee to this destiny,
To die alone, with none beside thy bed…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbXabbacdcdcX
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 0101100100 0101010111 0101011111 1101010101 11011111100 1101010001 1111010011 1011011100 1100111101 0101000101 11011011101 1101011111 1110010111 11011100011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
to, with
Anaphora
to, no
