This is an analysis of To Amanda - Come, Dear Amanda, Quit The Town by James Thomson.

Come, dear Amanda, quit the town,
And to the rural hamlets fly;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbcbdedefgfg
  • Stanza lengths: 16,
  • Metre: 11010101 10010101 01010111 010100101 010101001 11010111 11110111 11110111 1111010001 11010101 11000101 10110101 101110101 11110111 110000101 11010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 16

Anaphora

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