This is an analysis of To Olinthus Gregory, On Hearing Of The Death Of His Eldest Son, Who Was Drowned As He Was Returning By Water To His Father’s House At Woolrich by Letitia Elizabeth Landon.
IS there a spot where Pity's foot,
Although unsandalled, fears to tread,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcaca dedefbfb babaghgh ccccbcbcXbbbbcbcb
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,17,
- Metre: 01011101 111000101 01010101 11110111 00010001 11110101 11011101 11110101 11110101 11110101 01010001 01011101 01110101 11010101 10011101 11010101 110101101 10010101 01010101 11001101 01010001 10011101 01010010 11001111 11110111 01011101 11110101 10110101 11111011 01010111 11011101 11011101 110101010 11010101 01010001 11011111 11010111 00011101 01010101 11111101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
where, so
Anaphora
where, a, so, ah
