This is an analysis of Horace: Book 1, Ode 22 by Samuel Johnson.
The man, my friend, whose conscious heart
With virtue's sacred ardour glows,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab bbbb cccc cdcd ebeb fgfg
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 01111101 01010101 1101010001 11010101 11010111 11010101 11011001 0101101001 1111101 11001111 11010101 01010111 11010101 10010101 11010101 101010101 11111101 010100101 11011101 01010101 11010101 01010101 1101101 010011101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 24
Anaphora
nor, or
