This is an analysis of Solitude by Alexander Pope.

Happy the man, whose wish and care
A few paternal acres bound,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc bdbd efefXfdfd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 10011111 01010101 10010101 0011 11011101 110110010 1101011 01010 11110001 101101101 01010101 1011 11111011 010111010 11001111 01010 11110101 11000111 10011101 1111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

whose, with

Anaphora

whose, thus