This is an analysis of To An Enthusiast by George Dyer.
Were you, my friend, some nimble-winged thing,
That could with eagle speed extend your flight,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcd Xecf ghcb bXei idjb cdcd gfig gdbg jhcX gdee fcbc fded cdXX cabX bXeh XgXf
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 011111011 1101010111 111101 111101 1011011101 1111011111 1100111 010101 1101110101 1011111101 110111 010101 1111010101 01111100101 110111 110101 1101001101 100111100101 110101 010101 0111110101 1111010101 111101 111101 1011011101 1111011101 111101 110101 1101010101 10011100001 111111 110101 1101111101 1101010001 110101 101101 1111010111 1101110111 111111 111101 11110111011 1101110101 111101 110101 1101111001 1110110101 110011 110001 01110101111 1101110101 11011 100101 1111111111 1101011001 010100 001101 1110111101 1111010101 11111 011101 1101011101 1101010101 110111 111101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 16
- Lines: 64
Repeated words/phrases
or, at, your, love, nor
Anaphora
then, and, you
Epiphora
love
