This is an analysis of The Solitary Lyre by George Darley.
Wherefore, unlaurell'd Boy,
Whom the contemptuous Muse will not inspire,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cccc bdbdXabab
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,9,
- Metre: 10010001 10010010101 001101 1110110101 010101 11100011101 110011 0101010101 011001 0111011101 110101 0100011100 1001111 01011011101 100101 0100110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 16