This is an analysis of Sonnet by Oscar Wilde.

CHRIST, dost thou live indeed? or are thy bones
Still straightened in their rock-hewn sepulchre?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXabbacdecde
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111011111 110011110 1111010110 11011101100 1101010011 0111011111 1111010101 0111010101 1111010101 1001110101 1011010111 0101011101 1111011111 1100010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14