This is an analysis of To Hafiz by Thomas Bailey Aldrich.

THOUGH gifts like thine the fates gave not to me,
One thing, O Hafiz, we both hold in fee—…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbcdcXdX
  • Stanza lengths: 11,
  • Metre: 1111011101 1111011101 1011110111 1111110001 0101100101 0110110101 0100100101 0101011101 1111011101 1101110011 1111011100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 11

Anaphora

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