This is an analysis of Inscription In A Beautiful Retreat Called Fairy Bower by Hannah More.
Airy spirits, you who love
Cooling bower, or shady grove;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeff ggff bbhh hhii jjXh kkhh ffll cckk ggii llff mmii ffeeXbbii
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 1010111 10101101 1110111 1011101 10010101 0011100 1010101 0010101 0110101 0110111 1011101 10000101 11101001 10111001 1011101 1010101 1110101 10101001 1010101 101001001 1010101 1000101 1110101 1011101 1110111 1010101 1011110 1001101 11101010 10110010 1010011 1011101 1010101 0111101 1011101 1110111 1010101 1100101 10101010 11101010 10100101 10100101 1010101 1011101 1110001 1100101 1110101 1010111 11101010 10101110 11100101 01000100 1110101 1110101 1111101 01000100 11101001 10011001 1110111 11100111
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 15
- Lines: 60
Repeated words/phrases
where, of, you
Anaphora
if, where, you
Anadiplosis
you
