This is an analysis of A Wish by Matthew Arnold.
I ask not that my bed of death
From bands of greedy heirs be free;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eeee fgfg hfhf iaia dXdb bdbd jeje jhjh fefe kaka glgl
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11111101 01010101 11010101 010100111 11111101 10101111 11100101 11111111 11111111 01001101 11010011 1110111 110100101 01111111 01000101 111101001 11011101 11010111 01010111 01110101 110100101 00110111 01010001 01000101 01010101 11010100 111111101 11110111 11011110 11010101 10010111 11011101 10010101 01100111 01111111 01111111 11010101 11010111 111101001 11011111 11111101 01011111 01010111 01011101 00110101 01110101 01010101 11010001 11010111 01010101 11011101 01111111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 13
- Lines: 52
Repeated words/phrases
of, my, to
Anaphora
the, to