This is an analysis of Sorrow And Joys by George Meredith.

Bury thy sorrows, and they shall rise
As souls to the immortal skies,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaa aaa bbb ccc ddd eee aaa fff ggg hhhXaaa
  • Stanza lengths: 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,7,
  • Metre: 101101111 11000101 11111101 111101110 110100010 110111110 11110111 10111101 10011101 010101001 010010111 11010101 01010101 11010101 01010101 11110101 10010101 11010101 10011111 01000101 1100101101 11111011 01010101 11010101 11011111 10011111 1000100101 11010101 11001101 110101011 11110001 11110101 11110100
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 11
  • Lines: 33

Repeated words/phrases

and, of

Anaphora

the, and