This is an analysis of A Man Perishing In The Snow: From Whence Reflections Are Raised On The Miseries Of Life. by James Thomson.
As thus the snows arise; and foul and fierce,
All winter drives along the darken'd air;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXbcdbcbeafgXhcXhbhcccihXbjkdahgabbdfhXacXacahccghjgbccbXaicdhkcaicdbdXhckfheak
- Stanza lengths: 79,
- Metre: 1101011111 1101010101 0011010101 10001110101 0011011101 0101010101 1101010101 0101011101 0101111101 0101010101 1001010101 1101111101 01001011101 1101110101 1101011101 0101010101 1101000101 1001110101 1111100101 11010101001 1001010011 1101010001 0101100001 01001010101 0101010001 1101110101 11000101001 0011110101 1011000101 1101011111 0101000101 10101010001 1001010101 1011000101 0101010101 01111100101 01011010101 0101010101 00010101110 0101010001 1111011101 1111011101 0101010111 11001010101 1101010101 1111000101 1101010101 1101110001 11110100101 1101010101 1101111101 1101010101 101010001 11010001001 11010011101 11010001111 1101011101 1001011101 0111110101 0101110101 0100111101 1101000101 0101001101 0101010001 0101010101 1101010101 0101011101 0101101101 11101010111 0111010101 1101010101 11010100101 1001011101 11010001101 0101010011 1011010001 0101110101 10010101001 0101010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 79
Repeated words/phrases
his, of, nor, they, and
Anaphora
of, nor
