This is an analysis of On Lyce - An Elderly Lady by Samuel Johnson.
Ye nymphs whom starry rays invest,
By flattering poets given,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd bebe dXdX fdfd cgcg
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11110101 11001010 11110101 0101010 01110111 110101 11110001 11101 01010101 010101 11110111 1100101 01010101 1101010 01110101 110101 11100111 01111 11010101 011101 11011001 110101 1111001 111101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
her, with
Anaphora
her