This is an analysis of The Lord Of The Castle Of Indolence by James Thomson.
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NOR did we lack our own right royal king,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a bcXccdcdd Xefeffgfgg Xhfhffifii Xdjdjjajak ajljXlXlmm aibibbcbcX Xgagakiaii XciXiijijj XddddXfdff chfhffdfdd adjdjjhjhh XXieiicicc
- Stanza lengths: 1,9,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,
- Metre: 1 1011111101 0100110111 1110010100 1111101111 0101010001 1111110001 0101010101 1111010101 101111111001 1 11011101010 1101110101 111101001110 1111110111 1111000101 1111111101 11101010111 1111010101 1101010111001 1 1101111101 0101100111 01001010011 1001011101 1111011101 0100100001 1110011111 11100110101 010111011001 1 1101111101 0101010011 1011001101 0101010101 0111010100 0101010111 1111010101 1101011001 110100100100 1 1101010101 1111010001 1011111111 1111010111 0101010101 10001010110 1101010111 0100010111 110111110011 1 0101011101 0101110101 0101010101 0100110101 1101010101 0101010100 1101110111 1101010101 111101010100 1 11010101110 1101000101 11011101010 1100110011 1111011100 1001010101 1101111101 0111010011 1101111101001 1 11111111001 1111010111 1111111111 11011100001 1101110111 1111110101 1001011111 1001000101 1011010111001 1 0101110111 1111011101 11110011111 0111010111 1101010110 1011010101 0111010101 11010010101 011111011111 1 1111111100 0101010100 1101011111 0101010101 01001010101 1101110001 1011110101 1101010101 111111010001 1 01110001001 0101010111 01010101001 1101111111 11011100101 11110001011 11011101011 0111011101 110101010100 1 01010101010 0101011101 11010101010 1101000101 1111010101 1111011100 11011110101 1101011101 1101010100111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 13
- Lines: 120
Repeated words/phrases
it, in, and, with
Anaphora
by, that, he, the, so
