This is an analysis of Part Of The Dialogue Between Hector And Andromache by Samuel Johnson.

She ceas'd; then godlike Hector answer'd kind -
(His various plumage sporting in the wind)…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeaaaaffaddggddXXggaX
  • Stanza lengths: 29,
  • Metre: 1111010101 01001010001 1111011011 11110100101 1101011101 1111010111 01011110101 1111011101 1111010101 1101010101 01100010101 1111111111 0111011111 11010101001 1100111101 1111110101 11011100101 1011011101 1011010101 1111011101 1010110111 0110010111 1101010101 1111010101 1001010101 1111111101 1111010101 0111111101 1111110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 29