This is an analysis of To Mother Venus by Eugene Field.

O mother Venus, quit, I pray,
Your violent assailing!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcb defeae XghgiX XXfchX aiciXi XXfgdX
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 11010111 1100010 011011011 1111010 11110101 11110110 11011111 1111010 01110101 0111110 11011111 1101110 11110101 1001110 11010101 0101010 11111111 11000 11110101 0010100 11110101 0111010 11011001 1101010 11111111 0101110 11110111 1111010 11110101 1111111 11110011 110100 11110101 0101110 11110101 0111110
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 36

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