This is an analysis of Stella In Mourning by Samuel Johnson.

When lately Stella's form display'd
The beauties of the gay brocade,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeebbdddX
  • Stanza lengths: 16,
  • Metre: 11010101 01000101 011111001 01011111 11010101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11010001 11010101 11110101 1010111001 11111101 11110101 011101110
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

the