This is an analysis of The Grey Monk by William Blake.
1 'I die, I die!' the Mother said,
2 'My children die for lack of bread.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXa aabb ccaa ddXa bbee ffgg cXhh iicc aaaX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 111110101 111011101 11110100101 1011110101 1011100111 101110101 101010111 110010101 101111111 101011101 11101100101 1110010111 1110100101 100100100111 11110101111 1010111111 111010111 101011101 1111011101 11110111001 1110101001 100101111 1110110101 1001011101 111011101 1110111101 1010110101 101110101 110101101001 110100101101 11010100101 10110001001 101010101 101010101 1010110101 1101010001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
die, his, my, thy
