This is an analysis of Life by Victor James Daley.

What know we of the dead, who say these things,
Or of the life in death below the mould--…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbXabbacdcdcX
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1110011111 1001010101 1001011101 1101111000 1101010111 1101010111 1011110101 11010101001 11010111001 11011011101 1111010111 0101111101 0101010001 0111000100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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