This is an analysis of Horace To Melpomene by Eugene Field.

Lofty and enduring is the monument I've reared,--
Come, tempests, with your bitterness assailing;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd XeXe fbfb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1010100010011 11001100010 11010101111101 10111111010 11110101111101 11110101010 11111100110111 11101100010 1011010011101110 11010111010 11110101011001 11010101010 0101100010111 10111101010 11010100110101 01010101010
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

and, my

Anaphora

my