This is an analysis of Lesbia Hath A Beaming Eye by Thomas Moore.
Lesbia hath a beaming eye,
But no one knows for whom it beameth;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXaXbcbcDXccX efefacacdXgXX egegfXfcDXffX
- Stanza lengths: 13,13,13,
- Metre: 1010101 111111010 1110101 111111110 1010101 110111010 10111001 110101010 1110101 110101010 101 0101 110111010 1010101 111101110 1010101 010111010 1110111 111111010 10100101 011111010 1110101 110101010 101 01000 011111010 1010101 110111011 1110101 010101011 10011101 010101100 1011101 010100010 1110101 111101010 111 1111 111111010
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 39
Repeated words/phrases
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