This is an analysis of Address To Fancy by Felicia Dorothea Hemans.
OH, queen of dreams! 'tis now the hour,
Thy fav'rite hour of silence and of sleep;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXb ccddee cdcd Xdadffgg hhffgg ddhh hhcXcciidd gjgj gXgX
- Stanza lengths: 4,6,4,8,6,4,10,4,4,
- Metre: 110111010 11010010101 11111101 1101010001 11011101 01010101 11100101 11010101 11010101 110111001 11011101 01111101 01010101 11110100101 11010101 11010101 010101010 1101010101 11011101 11110101 01110101 11100101 11010101 011100101 11010101 01110101 01110101 00101101 0100100101 11011101 1111010111 1101010101 11010101 11110101 11110101 01110100 11010101 11011101 01110111 11010101 010100101 01011101 1101011101 11011100101 11110001101 1111111101 1111101101 1001101101 01010111001 0101001101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 50
Repeated words/phrases
of, thy, on, me
Anaphora
the, and, ah, to