This is an analysis of The Winter's Walk by Samuel Johnson.

Behold, my fair, where'er we rove,
What dreary prospects round us rise,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef fgfg bhbh
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 011110011 11010111 01010101 01010101 11010101 11001101 11011101 111101111 0100111010 01010111 110101010 11010001 010111001 01010111 110001001 01011101 100110101 01011001 11110011 11100101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

thy, and

Anaphora

the