This is an analysis of The Two Coffins by Eugene Field.

In yonder old cathedral
Two lovely coffins lie;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba cbXb cded fbeb cfXf
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 0101010 110101 010100111 1010111 1111110 110101 011010101 1010001 1101010 010101 110100111 0111101 0101110 110101 10111011001 101111 101001010 110101 01010101 010101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

his

Anaphora

the