This is an analysis of Lines Suggested By Ode Xxix. Book I. Of Horace by John Kenyon.

And so, dear Hicks! on 'Nature's wealth'
Your new-found phrase—and rustic health…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXabbabbcddc eefggfcchiih
  • Stanza lengths: 12,12,
  • Metre: 111111001 11111101 011101 11010101 11101111 011101 11011101 01011101 110111 11111111 01010111 110101 11001111 111100101 011101 11111101 11110001 111111 11100101 100111001 111111 11011101 00010101 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

and

Anaphora

and, or