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;…
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