This is an analysis of To Maecenas by Eugene Field.
Than you, O valued friend of mine,
A better patron _non est_!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cccd eaea d fgfg
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,1,4,
- Metre: 11110101 01010101 11111011 1101110 11011101 1101001 101011101 1111010 10010101 1111010 11110111 1101110 10 11110101 1001010 11011111 1111010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 18
