This is an analysis of Lines Written In 1799. by Amelia Opie.

Hail to thy pencil! well its glowing art
Has traced those features painted on my heart;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXccc dd eeccff
  • Stanza lengths: 8,2,6,
  • Metre: 1011010101 1111010111 1101011101 111010111 111110001010 0111110101 1101110001 1101110101 1011010101 1011010111 1111010101 1101011101 1111011101 1101000101 1111010101 1101011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

still, and