This is an analysis of On The Death Of A Youn Gentleman by Phillis Wheatley.
WHO taught thee conflict with the pow'rs of night,
To vanquish satan in the fields of light?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbXcddeebbXeaaddXcffdd
- Stanza lengths: 24,
- Metre: 1111000101 0101000101 1111010101 1111011111 101100111010 0101000111 1111111101 1101010101 1111111101 1111010111 1100110101 11010000101 0101000101 0101001101 0101000101 1111010101 1001011101 1101010001 1101001101 1111001101 0101001101 1101010101 0101010101 1110010001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
thy, with, what, to, of
Anaphora
what, to, where
