This is an analysis of The Legacy by Thomas Moore.
When in death I shall calmly recline,
O bear my heart to my mistress dear,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababXcXc Xdbdaeae Xcecfgfg
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
- Metre: 101111001 111101101 100101111 0010110101 101111010 0100111011 1101001111 010100111 101011010 111101101 10111101 110100101 101111010 0101101001 1111001010 110110101 1011011000 011101011 1011001010 111101101 111101010 001011101 1111001110 110111111
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 24
