This is an analysis of To Aristius Fuscus by Eugene Field.

Fuscus, whoso to good inclines,
And is a faultless liver,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXb XaXa XcXc Xded XXaX Xaea
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 10100001 1001010 11011111 11010010 11110111 1101010 110101001 0110010 11011101 0011110 1101010 1111010 11110101 1101001 111111101 1111011 11011101 1111100 10011101 1111010 1111110 1101010 11111111 10011010
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

nor

Anaphora

nor, or, still