This is an analysis of To Hope by Thomas Hood.

Oh! take, young Seraph, take thy harp,
And play to me so cheerily;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: AXABAcddcdedeffegXccggbhhAXABAihijhjccijXjkkllGDGDDgfgfhhGDGDD
  • Stanza lengths: 62,
  • Metre: 11110111 11011100 11011101 11111100 1111 11111101 11110101 11110011 11110101 010001011 01011101 11110111 01110001 1011 1101 11010101 111111010 11011101 11111111 110111011 11010101 01111101 11001001110 11010101 11011101 11110111 11011100 11011101 11111100 1111 01010111 11110101 01010101 011110110 11011111 110101110 11111111 01010101 11110111 11011111 1100101010 111100101 0101 1101 11111011 01110101 10110101 11110101 111111001 101010111 1101 010101101 01010101 01011101 01110101 11110101 01111101 10110101 11110101 111111001 101010111 1101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 62

Repeated words/phrases

and, of

Anaphora

oh, another