This is an analysis of From The Hymn Of Empedocles by Matthew Arnold.
IS it so small a thing
To have enjoy'd the sun,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababc dedec cfcfg hchcg XeXei jkjki
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Metre: 001101 010101 01110001 011011011 0101111111001 111101 010101 111110 111011 110101110101 111111 110101 111101 011111 110101101111 1110101 101101 011101 0101001 010111010111 110111 1111011 010111 101111 101111010111 111111 110101 111101 1101001 011111111101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 30
Repeated words/phrases
to, have, thou
Anaphora
to, his
