This is an analysis of Esse Quam Videri by John Hay.
The knightly legend of thy shield betrays
The moral of thy life; a forecast wise,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaaaaaabXbaXa
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 0101001101 0100110111 1111010101 01011000101 1111001101 00101111011 0101010100 1101110101 1011110001 01010010111 01010101101 1101010100 11110010100 01110100101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
thy
Anaphora
the
