This is an analysis of Memory by Oliver Goldsmith.

O MEMORY, thou fond deceiver,
Still importunate and vain,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcbc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 110011100 1100011 010101010 11010101 1101101010 1101011 111111010 01110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8