This is an analysis of The Death Bed by Thomas Hood.

We watch'd her breathing thro' the night,
Her breathing soft and low,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcbc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 11010101 010111 10010101 110011 11011111 1101010 0111111 010111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

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