This is an analysis of The Groans Of The Tankard by Anna Laetitia Barbauld.
OF strange events I sing, and portents dire;
The wond'rous themes a reverent ear require;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcc bbddee ffgXhhiihhjjaaii hh ddkkaaggjjbaffee cc hhXcddffeeaagg bbd dllaaffddeejjggjX hhiijXjj
- Stanza lengths: 4,6,16,2,16,2,14,3,17,8,
- Metre: 01011111110 010101001010 1101010101 1111010101 11010101110 11010001010 1011010101 1011000101 1101010101 1101010101 1101001101 1111010101 1101010101 0101010110 1111110101 1101010101 0101010001 0011001111 1101010001 1111010101 0101010101 1011010101 1101010101 1101011111 11101010101 111101110101 11011110001 11010101001 1111010101 1101011101 11001110101 11010010101 1101000101 11010101001 1101010101 1101010101 11010100111 1101010101 11010001010 1101011101 1011010101 1101000101 11011100111 1101010111 1101010101 1111110101 1101010101 10001110101 11010001001 1101010101 11010111001 1111010101 1110110101 1011001001 11100100101 11001000101 10010100101 1101010101 10110101001 111110010101 10011101010 11100100010 1001010001 1101010111 11011100101 1101110101 1100010101 111101011 1111011101 1111010101 1101000101 1101110101 1101010101 1111010101 1011010101 1101011101 1101010101 11110110101 1101010101 1111010110 1101011101 11010101000 01110111001 0101010101 1101010101 10110101100 1111010101 1011000101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 88
Repeated words/phrases
and, with, this
Anaphora
when, 'the, 'and, 'whose
