This is an analysis of An Elegy Upon James Therburn, In Chatto by James Thomson.
Now, Chatto, you're a dreary place,
Pale sorrow broods on ilka face;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaab bbbcbc dddede XXfX X fffgfg eXeXXb gegcXX
- Stanza lengths: 5,6,6,4,1,6,6,6,
- Metre: 11010101 11011101 101101 11111101 0111 10010001 110111101 11011111 111101 110110110 11011 11011001 1111111 10111101 1101 11110111 0101 11110111 111101001 111101001 0001 1 010010111 101011111 11100101 011 10110111 1110 11111111 01000101 11010111 1110 1111011 1111 10110111 10111111 11110111 10 11 01
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
now
Anaphora
he, but, and
