This is an analysis of Immortality by Ellis Parker Butler.

I bowed my head in anguish sore
When Life made Death his bride;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 11110101 111101 111101010 101111 11010111 110101 10010111 010000
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8