This is an analysis of O Mors! Quam Amara Est Memoria Tua Homini Pacem Habenti In Substantiis Suis by Ernest Christopher Dowson.

Exceeding sorrow
Consumeth my sad heart!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababab cdcDcd efefefXadaDad
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,13,
  • Metre: 01010 100111 01010 1101 1001010 111 11010 11101 1010 1111 111010 111 01110 110101 10010 1001 101110 111 01010 110101 01010 1111 1101010 011
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 24

Anaphora

silence