This is an analysis of On The Death Of Rev. William Benwell, M.A. by William Lisle Bowles.
Thou camest with kind looks, when on the brink
Almost of death I strove, and with mild voice…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbacddcbeebff
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1100111101 1101111011 1111011101 1101110101 1111101101 0011010111 1101010111 1110010101 1010010101 0011110101 0111111111 110010010101 1101110111 11001110111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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