This is an analysis of Have You Not Heard That In Some Deep-Seal'D Graves, by Frances Anne Kemble.

Have you not heard that in some deep-seal'd graves,
The Dead retain in beauty undisturb'd…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcacbdcdaeeae
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111101111 0101010101 0101001101 1010010101 0101010111 1011011001 0101101101 1101010101 0101010111 01010100010 1111010101 1111010001 11011111010 1111010011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Anaphora

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