This is an analysis of A Funeral Poem On The Death Of C. E. An Infant Of Twelve Months by Phillis Wheatley.
Through airy roads he wings his instant flight
To purer regions of celestial light;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeccddaaaaaabXcceeffggeehhXXhiiggaXccc
- Stanza lengths: 46,
- Metre: 1101110101 0101000101 01111000101 0111010101 1011011101 11001010101 1010011111001 0101010101 0101100101 1011111101 1101100101 1101010101 11010100101 1011111001 10101010111 101010110111 10111110111 101111001001 10101110111 10100111101 1101110101 1101110101 1011010101 1111010111 1101010101 1111010001 01001001011 0101110101 1111100101 1101011001 1001000111 1111000101 01010001001 1011000101 101100101110 1111110110 1111111101 1101111101 1101010101 1001010101 1011110101 1111010011 1101110110 0111011101 0101110101 0100110011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 46
Repeated words/phrases
of, my, 'e'er, yet, i, to
Anaphora
'e'er
Epiphora
heart
