This is an analysis of On The Silence Of A Young Lady by George Moses Horton.
ON ACCOUNT OF THE IMAGINARY FLIGHT OF HER SUITOR.
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Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X abab cdcd ebeb cfcf agag hchc ijij jcjc gkgk klkl
- Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 101000101010010 11011001 11110101 11110101 11010001 11011101 11110101 11110101 01010101 11000101 11010101 11110101 01010001 00010101 11111101 11010101 01110101 00010101 01011001 11010101 11010101 11011101 11110011 110101001 11101101 01110111 11110001 11011101 11010101 01010101 01010001 11010101 10110101 10111001 11010101 01010111 11010111 10010101 11011111 10011101 11010011
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 11
- Lines: 51
Repeated words/phrases
to, thy, never
Anaphora
and, nor
