This is an analysis of Suggested By The Death Of Charles Skinner Matthews by John Kenyon.

Joyously launched on life's untravelled streams,
Youth fears nor open sea nor treacherous bay;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdcede
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 10011110001 11110111001 11001101001 1111010101 1101111101 1111111101 0101110101 1111011101 1111110101 11001010111 1101001101 01010101001 11010010111 1100010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14