This is an analysis of An Inventory Of The Furniture In Dr. Priestley's Study by Anna Laetitia Barbauld.
A map of every country known,
With not a foot to call his own.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeXddXbbXfa abbddggddXXhcffiXddhhjjjjccaaffkkiikXll
- Stanza lengths: 19,39,
- Metre: 010100101 01010101 01011101 10110101 11010011 11010101 01010101 11010101 01010101 01010001 101101111 11011100110 010001110 110101110 01110101 11011101 01010111 110111011 1101011100 11001011110 11010111 01010101 110101110 111111110 01010011 11000101 01010101 10110111 101101110 010101010 100101010 100111111 11111101 01010101 010111010 110101011 01011101 110111011 0101001010 010111110 11111101 10010101 10010101 111000111 11011101 11011101 11011101 01110101 01010111 01011111 11010101 110010101 111101010 010111110 11011111 110001110 01010101 10011101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 58
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