This is an analysis of The Request by Virna Sheard.
Sing me a song-a song to ease old sorrows,
And dull the edge of care-…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ABXB cccc cdcX cece XfXf gdge ABXB
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11010101110 110101 01010111010 1011 01011110010 111011 11111101010 1101 11111101010 110100 11110011010 0100 11010110110 110111 11110101110 0111 01011101110 110101 10010100010 0101 11110101110 110100 0111011010 1101 11010101110 110101 01010111010 1011
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 28
Repeated words/phrases
song
Anaphora
sing, the