This is an analysis of Lines To My Mother, Who Died When I Was About Two Years Old by Thomas Cowherd.
I had a mother once, and her dear name
Has power even now to thrill my very frame,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd eeffgghhii cbXXgghhjjcckk
- Stanza lengths: 8,10,14,
- Metre: 1101011011 110101011101 1111011101 1111010001 1111110101 11110011101 1111010111 1111110001 1111011111 1101010101 11011111001 1111010101 1111011101 11010110101 1111110111 11001000101 1111011101 1111001101 11111101001 1111111100 01110100011 0111000101 1001011101 1011000101 1111101101 1101110101 1101010111 11010111001 1101011111 1101001111 11010101010 01110111110
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
i, to
