This is an analysis of One And Twenty by Samuel Johnson.

LONG-EXPECTED one and twenty
Ling'ring year at last has flown,…

Read full poem

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd Xefe agag cdcd Xgfg chXh
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 10101110 1011111 11101110 1111111 10001010 1010101 11111110 1010111 10101110 1011111 100110010 1010011 11111110 1011101 101001110 1010111 11111010 1010100 10101010 1011111 10101100 1011101 11101110 1011111 001001010 1010101 11101110 1111111
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

and