This is an analysis of To A Pianiste by James Thomson.
I SAW thee once, I see thee now;
Thy pure young face, thy noble mien,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedefX dfdfXX
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,
- Metre: 11111111 11111101 110111001 11110101 100100101 11000101 11110100 01110111 01010100 01001101 01010001 010101010 11110101 11011101 11011101 11011001 10001111 010001100
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 18
Repeated words/phrases
thy, its
Anaphora
thy