This is an analysis of Scenes In London Iv - The City Churchyard by Letitia Elizabeth Landon.
I PRAY thee lay me not to rest
Among these mouldering bones;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef Xgcg bbbb hihi Xjbj klkl ajaj agag jmjm
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11111101 0111001 11000101 111101 10111011 010111 11111111 010111 01010111 010001 11011101 0111011 01011111 110101 11110101 010101 11100111 010111 110101101 010001 11101001 110111 10110101 111111 11011101 010101 110110001 111111 01110111 0100001 111101001 110101 11101101 011001 110111011 110111 1101111 000101 01010101 111101 10110101 011101 11010101 1100001
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 11
- Lines: 44
Repeated words/phrases
where, and, no
Anaphora
the, where
