This is an analysis of On The Death Of Rebecca by George Moses Horton.
Thou delicate blossom; thy short race is ended,
Thou sample of virtue and prize of the brave!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd ebeb fXfX Xbcb efef gbgb
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 110010111010 11001011001 111110110010 11111101101 111001111010 11101001001 010011110110 01101011111 111111100010 11101101101 011010010010 11101101001 010010010011 00101011111 110111010011 1110101110110 1110011111100 110010011001 010110010110 11011001001 010010010010 11101001001 111010010010 11101101001 1010011110010 11011001011 1100100111010 01001001001
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 34
Repeated words/phrases
to, her
Anaphora
thou
