This is an analysis of Lines Addressed From London, To Sara And S.T.C. At Bristol, In The Summer Of 1796 by Charles Lamb.
Was it so hard a thing? I did but ask
A fleeting holiday, a little week.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXXbXcXdX cXXecXbcdXcffe
- Stanza lengths: 10,14,
- Metre: 1011011011 0101010101 1001011111 1101110001 11011011010 1101000101 1101011101 0101010101 010111111 0101011111 0101011101 1110011111 0111010101 1111010101 10110111010 01011101001 1010101010 10010010101 01011100101 11111101001 1101110101 0101010101 1101011111 1101010111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 25
Anaphora
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