This is an analysis of The Grave by Jean Blewett.

O the grave is a quiet place, my dear,
So still and so quiet by night and by day,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXababacacabab
  • Stanza lengths: 16,
  • Metre: 1010010111 11111011111 1111101011 1100101010 1010010111 101010111 1001100101 1110100101 1010010111 010100101 0110101101 1111100101 1010011111 1111101101 1011011111 1011110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 16

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Anaphora

the, where