This is an analysis of Epitaph On Two Young Men Of The Name Of Leitch, Who Were Drowned In Crossing The River Southesk by James Beattie.
O thou! whose steps in sacred reverence tread
These lone dominions of the silent dead;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffaa
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 11110101001 1110000101 1011010101 1100010101 1101010111 1101010001 10101011111 101011010001 1001000101 0101011101 11010010111 11010001001 1101010101 1001111001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
of
Anaphora
heaven's
