This is an analysis of Requiescat by Matthew Arnold.

Strew on her roses, roses,
And never a spray of yew!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcbc dbdb efef
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1101010 1100101 0101100 111101 0101010 1100101 10111010 111100 0111010 0100111 11101110 111101 01001010 0101111 0101010 010101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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