This is an analysis of Argus by Alexander Pope.
When wise Ulysses, from his native coast
Long kept by wars, and long by tempests toss'd,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddee ffbbaadd
- Stanza lengths: 10,8,
- Metre: 1101000101 1111111101 0111110101 0101110101 1111011111 1001011101 0011010101 1111010101 0101010101 010101010101 10100010101 1111010111 1001000101 110001010101 1111111101 11111101101 1011110101 1001011111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 18
Repeated words/phrases
his, and, he
