This is an analysis of To A Departing Favorite by George Moses Horton.
Thou mayst retire, but think of me
When thou art gone afar,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abaab babba cdccd edeed
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,
- Metre: 11011101 111101 100011100 01010101 110101 11011111 111110 01011101 10101101 010101 11010101 111101 01011101 11010101 010011 11011101 011101 01011001 11110101 111111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 20
Repeated words/phrases
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