This is an analysis of A Request by Lucy Maud Montgomery.

When I am dead
I would that ye make my bed…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabccbcccdd XXebbebbbff
  • Stanza lengths: 11,11,
  • Metre: 1111 1111111 11110101101 10100101011 1101 1111101 1101 00101001 10110111101 1010111 1011110100101 1111 1001110 1001001101 1001001001 10101 1001001 11111 10100101 010111111 11001001 1111100101111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 22

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