This is an analysis of To A Lady On Her Coming To North-America With Her Son, For The Recovery Of Her Health by Phillis Wheatley.
INDULGENT muse! my grov'ling mind inspire,
And fill my bosom with celestial fire.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXbbccccaadXeeffggffccbbffddbbhhcc
- Stanza lengths: 34,
- Metre: 0101110101 11110001010 1001010111 1011000101 1001010001 1011110101 11110010101 0111010101 10011010001 10111000101 1101011101 101110101010 111101011 0110010101 1011010111 0011100101 11110001001 0101011101 0111110101 11011101001 0101010101 11010100101 1101101001 1101010101 1101110101 1111110101 1101010101 1111011101 0101010101 0100110001 1001010101 01001010101 0101010111 0101010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 34
Repeated words/phrases
and, his
Anaphora
with
