This is an analysis of Bki:Xxi Hymn To Diana by Horace.

O tender virgins sing, in praise of Diana,
and, you boys, sing in praise, of long-haired Apollo,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX bXXX accX XXbb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 110101010010 111101011010 1001010 1111001 111101011011 001110110100 111000 11010110 111011010010 110010110010 0101010 10101001 1101111100010 011011011011 111111 10010110
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

of, his, and

Anaphora

and