This is an analysis of In Memory Of A Friend* by Sir Lewis Morris.
BENEATH the feathery fronds of palm
The white stone of a double grave,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef dgdg fhfh aiai jkjk klkX klkl gdgd ifif fafa fmfm kdkd nfnf obob idXd gcgcXkgkg
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 010100101 01100101 110010111 010101 11011111 11010101 11111111 110101 10011101 01000111 01010101 110101 11011001 100101001 11010101 010101 11010111 01100101 01010001 111101 11010111 011100101 11111111 101101 11111111 11110111 01010111 010110 01011101 10011111 11110111 11101010 11011101 00111101 01010111 010111 11010011 01010111 01011101 111101 01010111 01110111 10110101 011111 111111101 01011111 10110101 110101 01010111 01111101 11010101 111101 11111111 100110101 10010111 110101 110011010 11110101 101101110 110101 110010101 11111101 01001101 101111 11111101 11110111 11010100 0101001 11110111 01010111 01111111 100001 01010111 01010101 11110101 1100001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 21
- Lines: 78
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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