This is an analysis of Evening Ode by Samuel Johnson.

To Stella:
Evening now from purple wings…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X aabbccddeeffgghheeaaii
  • Stanza lengths: 1,22,
  • Metre: 010 1010101 1010111 1010101 1010101 1011101 1001001001 10100101 1111101 1010111 10100101 1010101 1110101 0010101 1110101 1111101 1111111 1110101 10101001 1011101 1011101 1010101 1011101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 23

Anadiplosis

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