This is an analysis of Inscription For A Vase by John Kenyon.

In elder Greece, where fostering liberty
Nursed kindling Genius to adventure high,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabbccXXcc
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 01011100100 1101000101 1101010101 0111011101 1101000101 0101110101 11010010101 0101010100 1011011101 11110111010 11110010101 01010001001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12