This is an analysis of In Memoriam by Emma Lazarus.
O FRIEND who passed away while flowers died,
Now that the land bursts into bloom again,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abaab cdccd efeef ghggh gbggb bibbi gXXXX jgjjg dfddfXfbffb
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,11,
- Metre: 1111011101 1101100101 01010100111 1011110101 01010101001 110101111 1001010101 1100011101 1100010101 1011001101 0111111111 01000101010 01001110101 11001010101 11011111110 1101111101 01111101001 1101110001 0111001111 1011011100 1111010101 11001110101 11110011101 1001011111 1111011101 1011111101 1111010100 0101010101 01010011101 1011000100 0111011101 1111000101 1111100110 010101010110 1111001101 1111111101 1001001111 10111101101 1111011101 1010110101 110011111001 11010110101 1001111101 0101010101 1001010111 1111010111 0111111111 1111011111 1101111101 1101111101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 50
Repeated words/phrases
with, and, thou, as
Anaphora
not, a
