This is an analysis of To A Gentleman On His Voyage To Great-Britain For The Recovery Of His Health by Phillis Wheatley.
WHILE others chant of gay Elysian scenes,
Of balmy zephyrs, and of flow'ry plains,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbaaaaXXccaaddeeffXXccbbggccaa
- Stanza lengths: 32,
- Metre: 1101011001 0101010101 1111010101 1101010101 11110110001 11010101001 1111011001 1111010001 11100110101 1111010101 1101110101 1101011001 1101011001 1111010101 1101010101 11010101001 1101010101 0111000101 0111010101 1101110101 0111011101 11010001010 0101011101 1101010101 1101010001 0111010101 1111111101 10110100101 1101010101 0101010101 1111010101 1111110001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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