This is an analysis of Requiem by George Meredith.

Where faces are hueless, where eyelids are dewless,
Where passion is silent and hearts never crave;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaba bcbcbc Xdeded XfefXf
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 110110111110 11001011101 11111111111 01011111011 11110111010 1101011101 110110110110 11001011111 10010110110 11011101010 10110111010 01101111011 010110010110 01101001101 010010010010 11001011111 011110011110 10110101101 011010110010 11101011111 111010010110 11011001011 110101010010 1101101001
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

where, and, to

Anaphora

where, the, no