This is an analysis of Oh! Think Not My Spirits Are Always As Light by Thomas Moore.

Oh! think not my spirits are always as light,
And as free from a pang as they seem to you now,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababccccdede cfcfafXfghgh
  • Stanza lengths: 12,12,
  • Metre: 11111011111 111001111011 101101101001 001001001011 11001010010 11001001001 1011010010010 01101001101 11101101001 111011011001 101101011001 101101011001 01011101101 000101011001 111111111001 111011001011 11111010010 110111001101 10111100010100 01001011001 11101101001 001101001101 101101110011 101101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

to, as, of