This is an analysis of Memory by George Moses Horton.
Sweet memory, like a pleasing dream,
Still lends a dull and feeble ray;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcb XdXX cbcb aeae fdfe
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 110010101 11011101 11000101 11010101 11000110 11000111 11010111 111101010 11011101 01011011 01110011 011101001 100110101 010111010 01110101 1110101010 11111101 11010101 10111101 111101110
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 20
Anaphora
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