This is an analysis of In Memoriam (Benjamin P. Avery) by Ina D. Coolbrith.
God rest thy soul!
O, kind and pure,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eeee XfXf
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 1111 1111 1001110101 1001 1011 1101 1101110011 1101 0101 1011 1111010101 0111 1101 1011 1101010011 1111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 16
Anaphora
god
