This is an analysis of To The Genius Of Mr. John Hall. On His Exact Translation Of Hierocles His Comment Upon The Golden Verses Of Pythagoras. by Richard Lovelace.

Tis not from cheap thanks thinly to repay
Th' immortal grove of thy fair-order'd bay…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXaabbccbb ddaXeeccbb Xfgghhff aXiijjbXXfffXe bbaXkkXXcceecX
  • Stanza lengths: 12,10,8,14,14,
  • Metre: 1101110001 10101011101 1101110111 111101010 1111111101 11111010101 1111010111 1111010111 0111110001 11110111001 100111111 1101110101 0111011111 0101011111 0100101101 0101100100 1001110011 1001111101 1001110101 110011001 1111110100 1101010100 11111001110 1111010101 1101011101 1110110111 11100110101 1001000101 1111110101 1101111111 11001010111 110101010 0100111101 1101110011 101010011 1101010111 1111010101 111101010 1101111101 1100110011 1101001101 0111111011 11001111101 110111010 101001101 1101010101 11110010001 011001010 1100010101 1011110101 1111010000 0011011010 11011111001 0110010101 1111011010 110101010 1101110101 110100100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 58

Repeated words/phrases

that

Anaphora

that, at