This is an analysis of The Dirge by Henry King.
VVhat is th' Existence of Mans life?
But open war, or slumber'd strife.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccccddXeffccgghhiijjjjccXceegg
- Stanza lengths: 36,
- Metre: 101010011 110111001 11000110 01000100 11010011 11111001 00011011 11010101 11110001 010100101 110101001 11110001 0001011110 11010101 101111101 11010011 11001101 10110101 00011101 010000111 11010111 11010101 10010101 01010101 0001111 01110101 110010101 01010011 11010111 010001001 00010100 111101101 01010101 01111101 01110101 11110111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
and
Anaphora
the