This is an analysis of On Music by Thomas Moore.

When through life unblest we rove,
Losing all that made life dear,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefcgcg hihicjcj
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 1111011 1011111 1111101 01011111 1110101 10011111 1010101 01011111 1011101 10101010 0010101 1111010010 1010111 10101101 11100101 010010101 1011111 1010111 1110101 11110111 1010111 11101111 1110101 11011101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24