This is an analysis of The Traveller; Or, A Prospect Of Society (Excerpt) by Oliver Goldsmith.

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But where to find that happiest spot below…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccbbddeeffggbb hhggbbiiiiccbbccbb ccggii ccggbb iiggffjjhhgg ccffbbaaggiicceehhddhhXggggggddgghhggjjgghh
  • Stanza lengths: 0,18,18,6,6,12,43,
  • Metre: 11011100101 1101110101 0101000101 10011100101 0101000101 1011010011 0101010101 1001011101 1001110101 1101110011 100100110011 0111010011 1101010101 1100010111 11001011101 1101010111 110001111010 010010111010 1001010101 1101110101 0111010001 1101110101 1101010101 1111010101 01110010101 1101010010 11110101110 1101010001 1111010101 1101110101 11001011101 0111010101 10010010001 1101111101 1100110101 01000010101 1111110101 1101010101 1101110101 1111010111 1101011101 11011111001 1001110101 1101010001 0101010101 110101101 1111010101 0100001101 1101010101 0101000101 11010100111 1101110101 1101010101 1101010101 1101010101 0101110101 1110010101 1110000101 1111110101 0111010101 1101110101 11001010101 0101011101 1101011101 0101110101 11010010101 1111010101 11001010101 1101010101 1100010101 1111110101 1101010101 1001010101 0101110101 01010110101 01010100101 1101010101 1011010101 1101011101 1101110101 1101010101 0101111001 1101010101 1101010101 1101011111 1101010101 1101010101 01001010101 0101110011 01010101001 1111111101 0101010101 1101011101 1111110101 1101010101 01001010101 1011110111 0111110001 1001010001 0101010101 1101110101 0111010001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 103

Repeated words/phrases

his, to, though, in

Anaphora

, and, here, though, the

Epiphora

Anadiplosis