This is an analysis of Come, Rest In This Bosom by Thomas Moore.
Come, rest in this bosom, my own stricken deer,
Though the herd have fled from thee, thy home is still here;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXb ccbb ddee
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
- Metre: 11001011101 101110111011 110011111100 101101111001 11111101101 11110111011 11111101011 111111111011 111111001001 111010101000 101010011001 11111111011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 12
Repeated words/phrases
i, not, through, and, thy
Anaphora
i
Anadiplosis
here