This is an analysis of Extreme Unction by Ernest Christopher Dowson.
Upon the eyes, the lips, the feet,
On all the passages of sense,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab acac dede fXfX gdgd
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 01010101 11010001 010010101 01001100 01110111 010101101 01101101 11001111 01011111 010111001 11010111 11101101 10010101 11111111 11110011 0101100 11010111 011100110 11110101 11010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 20