This is an analysis of To Miss---, by Samuel Johnson.

{On her giving the author a gold and silk
net-work purse of her own weaving}.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XX aabbaabbbbcc
  • Stanza lengths: 2,12,
  • Metre: 10100100111 11100110 11111111 011100101 01010111 01110111 111101001 01111101 11110101 11111101 11111101 010010101 11010101 01111101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 14