This is an analysis of Aspiration by Edward William Thomson.
MY friend conceived the soul hereafter dwells
In any heaven the inmost heart desires,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaa X bab cX XX ada d aeae fgfg b gbg he he hfh f gaga eaea cXgcg
- Stanza lengths: 4,1,3,2,2,3,1,4,4,1,3,2,2,3,1,4,4,5,
- Metre: 1101010101 010100101010 0111011110 111010111010 111100101100 01010000101 1101001101 01001010101 1101011001 0101110100 00010111010 1101111100 001101100101 01010100101 00111010101 0111010001 1101010101 1101010101 1101010001 1111010101 1001110111 1101010101 1101111101 0111000101 1101111101 1101010101 0101011101 1011010001 01001010101 1001011101 1101110111 0111010101 1011110101 1101010001 1101011001 11001010101 0111011101 01010000101 010010100101 01010010101 0101111101 1111001101 11111100101 0101110101 1101010111 1111011101 1101100111 1001010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 19
- Lines: 54
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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