This is an analysis of Fredericksburg by Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
The increasing moonlight drifts across my bed,
And on the churchyard by the road, I know…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdcdcd
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 00101110111 1101110111 01111100011 1101110101 0111010101 1001011101 1011000101 110001101011 0101010111 1001010111 0101010011 1011010101 10010010101 1011010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Anaphora
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