This is an analysis of A Poem To His Magesty, Presented To The Lord Keeper. To The Right Hon. Sir John Somers, Lord Keeper by Joseph Addison.
If yet your thoughts are loose from state affairs,
Nor feel the burden of a kingdom's cares;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbaaccddaaeeaaXfXXffggaaa
- Stanza lengths: 27,
- Metre: 0111110101 1101000101 0111110111 0100100101 01100100101 01010010101 1001110101 1101011101 0111110101 1101001011 0101001101 0101010101 0101010001 01100110101 1111010101 0101010101 11011111100 1100010101 01010101100 1001110001 1111010111 1011010111 1101010101 0101010101 0111110111 0101111101 1101110111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 27
Repeated words/phrases
your, to, my, you, his, and
Anaphora
his
