This is an analysis of To The Head-Ach by Felicia Dorothea Hemans.
THOU tyrant of the ling'ring hour!
Ah, why with me delight to rest?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aBXB cdcd eXeX fdfd bgbg dedX hbhb ieie aBXB
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 110001010 11010101 11011101 0101 01110011 01010101 11010101 1101 1111011 111101100 11010101 1101 110101001 00100111 01010101 0111 11010101 11010011 11100101 1101 11011111 11011001 11010101 0101 11111101 01010101 11010101 0101 11010101 01011001 01010001 0101 110001010 11010101 11011101 0101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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