This is an analysis of A Grave In The Sunshine by Robert Kirkland Kernighan.
His was a chance to make his grave
'Neath the storied altar high ;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X ab ac bc b d dc de fe f g gf gd be b X hg hb bX b f ae aa bg X
- Stanza lengths: 1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,
- Metre: 01010101 1010101 1011100101 11101111 011100101 011001001 1110110111 10100111 111100101 1100101 110010111 11100111 110100101 11101101 1101110101 00110111 1110111 011111 110101111 1111101 1111100101 0101001 111100111 10100111 10010101 1101101 1101110 00100101 111100011 00111001 111100101 00110111 0100110101 0010111 1110100101 11110101 100110111 10110111 11101100111 10111111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 25
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
his, he, who
Anaphora
his
