This is an analysis of To Quintus Hirpinus by Eugene Field.
To Scythian and Cantabrian plots,
Pay them no heed, O Quintius!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXbba Xcddc eeffe bagga XXbbf Xhiih
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Metre: 010011001 1011110 1111 0111 1001011 10011110 1101010 0111 01001 1101010 110110010 10111010 1101 0101 0101010 11011111 1100011 11101 1111 1101111 101110101 1111110 1111 11101 011101 11101101001 1101010 11101 10101 00011010
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 30
Anaphora
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