This is an analysis of In A Lonesome Burial-Place by Mathilde Blind.

In a lonesome burial-place
Crouched a mourner white of face;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbbX ccdaaD eedffD ffdggd
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 00101001 1010101 101100 10010111 10101001 110100 1010101 1011101 011110 11001001 1010001 11010 1011101 1011101 1001110 0010111 1011101 11010 1111101 1110101 101110 0010001 11100101 111010
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 24

Anaphora

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