This is an analysis of To Whom? by Henry Timrod.

Awake upon a couch of pain,
I see a star betwixt the trees;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd bebebaba fgfghghg
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 01010101 11010101 011100101 11110101 11011101 11010001 11010001 110011001 11111101 10111111 1110101011 111010101 010111001 110100101 111101001 11010011 110101010 11010101 101100010 11110011 01011101 11011101 11110001 11110111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Anaphora

't, she