This is an analysis of David by John Le Gay Brereton.

Eternal cold of silence, where each sound
Dies in its birth, and Death's pale henchmen meet…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdedec
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0101010111 1001111101 011010101 11011111001 1011010111 01001111111 1101010001 1101000101 1111011101 1001011101 01110011101 1101010101 1101111101 110011001001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14