This is an analysis of To Myra by James Thomson.

O thou, whose tender serious eyes
Expressive speak the mind I love;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gfgf
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 111101001 01010111 01010001 01011001 11110101 11110111 11110111 11110111 11111101 11111101 01011101 11110101 11100001 11111111 11010101 11110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

their

Anaphora

the