This is an analysis of To A Millionaire by Archibald Lampman.

The world in gloom and splendour passes by,
And thou in the midst of it with brows that gleam,…

Read full poem

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaccadXXede
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0101110101 11001000111 0100110101 1101011101 0101111111 1111011111 1011011111 1101110111 110001000101 0101010111 1111011010 1111110011 0111110101 1101111001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

of, that, and