This is an analysis of Prologue To Mallet's Mustapha by James Thomson.
Since Athens first began to draw mankind,
To picture life, and show the impassion'd mind;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeccffeeaaddccccccgghh
- Stanza lengths: 30,
- Metre: 1101010111 01011100101 0101110101 0101010101 1011010101 1011010101 1001010101 1101110101 0100011101 01001111111 0111010101 0101010101 0111010101 1011010101 0111010101 1101010101 1101010111 00110100101 011100011001 10100110101 0101010001 110011100101 0111011101 0101011101 1111010101 0101110101 1101010101 1001010111 1011010011 1111011111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 30
Repeated words/phrases
we, to
Anaphora
the
