This is an analysis of Upon The Image Of Death by Robert Southwell.
Before my face the picture hangs
That daily should put me in mind…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedecc XfXfcc bgbgcc hfhfcC cececC fificC hjhjccXfcfccc
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Metre: 01110101 11011101 01111101 11011101 11011101 11101111 11010101 11010111 11010101 11111010 11010111 11011111 11010101 110110011 11010111 01011111 11011101 11011111 010001111 01111111 11110101 11111111 11011101 11011111 01111101 011001111 11111101 101101001 11111111 11110111 11101101 11001111 11010101 11110101 11111111 11110111 11001101 11011011 11110101 11111101 100111111 11110111 11010101 01010101 11010111 01010101 11110111 11111111 01111101 01110101 01010111 11011111 11111111 11111111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 54
Repeated words/phrases
i, that, my, if
Anaphora
the, if
