This is an analysis of Prospice by Robert Browning.

Fear death?---to feel the fog in my throat,
The mist in my face,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefXaXagegeheheiXia
  • Stanza lengths: 28,
  • Metre: 110101011 01011 1010110101 111001 01000101001 01001 111011001001 101111 101001101001 101001 101001101001 001001 11100101111 01101 111111011110 11111 111101001111 01001 101000111101 011011 11001101001 011011 101001011011 11011 11101101101 101111 111011111101 101001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

of, and

Anaphora

the, shall