This is an analysis of On Hearing Miss Thrale Consulting With A Friend About A Gown And Hat by Samuel Johnson.

Wear the gown and wear the hat,
Snatch thy pleasures while they last;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,
  • Metre: 1011101 1110111 1111101 1111101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 4