This is an analysis of Urbs Sacra Æterna by Oscar Wilde.
ROME! what a scroll of History thine has been
In the first days thy sword republican…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaaaaaabacbac
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 11010100110 0011110100 10111101101 101101111 1011010111 1101110101 11011110011 0101011111 11110101110 1101010101 1101010111 11110101010 1101010101 0101000101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
and, thy