This is an analysis of A Phylactery by John Hay.
Wise men I hold those rakes of old
Who, as we read in antique story,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abaaB cbccB dbddB ebeeB XbaaB
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,5,
- Metre: 11111101 111100110 110011111 10111101 01010 11110111 110101010 111101001 011100101 01010 11010101 110101010 01010011 11011101 01010 11111111 010101010 10100111 01001101 01010 11110101 1101110110 11010100 111110111 01010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 25
Repeated words/phrases
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