This is an analysis of They May Rail At This Life by Thomas Moore.
They may rail at this life -- from the hour I began it
I found it a life full of kindness and bliss;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcD ededfdfD XgXghdhd hihiidid
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 11110100101010 11001101011 1011111110010 11011110100 11101111111 101101001011 111110011001 101001011111 010011110110 11111001011 1011110010010 111011100011 1111011010001 111001101010 111110011001 101001011111 0110011110010 11111011101 1110011110110 11011011011 11101011101 011101001011 111011110011 101001011111 1111011010010 11111101001 0110010111110 101111011111 11101111001 001001001011 00110101001 111011011111
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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