This is an analysis of Lines To The Memory Of A Very Amiable Young Lady, Who Died At The Age Of Eighteen by Felicia Dorothea Hemans.

AT length, departed saint! thy pangs are o'er,
And earthly suff'ring shall be thine no more;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xabbccddddeecc ffffddbbggaahhffddii iiXajjaaccbbjjfX
  • Stanza lengths: 14,20,16,
  • Metre: 11010111110 1101010111 1111110001 1101010101 01111010101 0101010101 1001110101 1101011101 1101010001 0111010001 1101010101 0101000101 1111110111 0101000101 1101100111 0101110101 1101010101 1100011101 1111010101 1101010101 1101010101 1101000101 1111010101 11010100101 1111110101 0101000111 1111010101 1101010101 0101100001 1001110101 1101010111 1111110001 0101010101 1101010101 0101000101 0110010001 11111101010 0101010111 1111010101 1001111101 0101010111 0101100111 1111010101 1101010101 11010110101 1101000101 1111010100 0111000101 1111010101 1111110110
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 50

Repeated words/phrases

of, i

Anaphora

the, a, then