This is an analysis of Ad Quintilianum by Robert Louis Stevenson.

O CHIEF director of the growing race,
Of Rome the glory and of Rome the grace,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddee
  • Stanza lengths: 10,
  • Metre: 1101000101 0101010101 1110011101 0101111101 1101011111 10111101001 0101010101 1101111101 01011111 1101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 10

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