This is an analysis of Threnody by Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
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Upon your hearse this flower I lay…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a ababa X cacac X adadX
- Stanza lengths: 1,5,1,5,1,5,
- Metre: 1 011101011 10111101 11011111 11011101 1111111101 1 10110101 11110111 11111101 10010101 1111010101 1 10111111 110111001 01110100 110101101 1101000100
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 18
