This is an analysis of Dirge by George Darley.
Prayer unsaid, and mass unsung, Deadman's dirge must still be rung:
Dingle-dong, the dead-bells sound! Mermen chant his dirge around!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XX XX Xa XXXaa
- Stanza lengths: 2,2,2,5,
- Metre: 10111011011101 10101111010101 11101111011101 10101111010011 00101111111100 10101111010111 11001111011001 10101111010101 10101110110111011 10101111011001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 10
Repeated words/phrases
and, his
