This is an analysis of Sun-Dial, In The Churchyard Of Bremhill by William Lisle Bowles.
So passes silent o'er the dead thy shade,
Brief Time; and hour by hour, and day by day,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc cdcd efef agag hihiXcaca
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11010100111 111101101111 0101000011 1101010101 1111110101 1101000101 1111100101 1101110111 1111111101 1011010100101 0101010111 1101010101 01010111010 10010101101 11111100110 1101110001 1101010101 1011010111 0101000101 11001010011 10111111011 1100111111 1101011111 1101011101 0101110110 01011100101 10010111011 1101001011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 28
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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