This is an analysis of Burial Of Sarah by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.
He stood before the sons of Heth,
And bowed his sorrowing head;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcb bdeX acbc fbbX bfbf efbX XefX XbcX dbbbXebeb
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11010101 1101001 101001110101 111111 101010011 111101 11011111 1101010 11000101 110101 111010111 110101 11000111 111101 01011111 1111110 010111101 1110111 11010101 111001 100111101 101111 11111011 01000100 01010101 1001101 01110111 1101010 1001101010 011111 101111101 1111110 10010001 011111 11010101 110101 110101001 010111 01110101 011101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
we, and, i
Anaphora
the, i, he
