This is an analysis of In Piam Memoriam by Geoffrey Hill.
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Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X aabb X ccdd X XXee
- Stanza lengths: 1,4,1,4,1,4,
- Metre: 1 0101001011 0100101101 1010001001 0101100101 1 001101110 10001011101 0101101101 01010001101 1 01011001101 1011110101 010101001 1001100011
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 17
