This is an analysis of “big Ben” by James Brunton Stephens.
De mortuis nil ni-
Si bonum: R.I.P.:—…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXbccb ddXddX eedffd ggbhhb iidjjd XcXaae cckllk eXfiif eehaah mmnccn ffdXXdXaahllh
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Metre: 01011 1101 11111 110101 110101 11011 11001 110001 11010 110100 111111 11010 010001 100101 01010 100101 011101 11110 111111 111111 11111 0101010 1011010 11011 110100 011111 01010 100011 110101 01110 110101 010101 111000 110101 110111 010100 010101 110101 11110 011001 010111 01110 100101 110110 11111 110111 110111 10011 010101 111111 11110 011101 111111 11010 101101 110101 01010 111100 100100 01010 111101 111000 11010 1100111 111101 01010 1101000 110111 11010 111111 111101 11010
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 12
- Lines: 72
Anaphora
or, no
