This is an analysis of The Search After Happiness. A Pastoral Drama by Hannah More.

'To rear the tender thought,
To teach the young idea how to shoot,…

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Structure

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  • Stanzas: 107
  • Lines: 1011

Repeated words/phrases

to, of, not, it, your, i, you, and, in, very, be, which, no, we, her, one, ye, my, still, if, our, thy, with, their, each, next, too, nor, though, let, us, for, his, every, all, its, that

Anaphora

to, no, the, in, whose, ye, by, i, of, still, too, though, your, our, florella, and, what, if, a, fly, why, which, her, be

Epiphora

florella

Anadiplosis

florella