This is an analysis of Dead by Ina D. Coolbrith.

Youth that is sweetest lies chill, lies still in death:
Close and clear eyelids upon the tender eyes;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XaXa bcbc bcbc dbdb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11010111101 11111010101 11010110100 11010111101 1111111111 111010110101 11010110110 11010011101 10010011101 11110111101 1011011111 11010011101 11010111101 11010010111 10110110101 11110010001 00010110001 10010110101 11010011101 11011110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

and, o, his

Anaphora

and