This is an analysis of To The Lamented Memory Of F. H. C. by John Kenyon.

Sweet friend, farewell! to whom propitious birth
Gave beauty—sense—the prosperous goods of earth;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccccbb
  • Stanza lengths: 10,
  • Metre: 1111010101 11010100101 01110111010 11011111110 1111111101 1101111101 1111110101 1111111101 1111010101 1010111111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 10