This is an analysis of We May Roam Through This World by Thomas Moore.
We may roam through this world, like a child at a feast,
Who but sips of a sweet, and then flies to the rest;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaabcbcDEDe ababfcfcDEDE bgbgghghDEDE
- Stanza lengths: 12,12,12,
- Metre: 111101101101 111001111001 111001011001 111011101001 101111111 1010111001 110111111 1100111111 101001011001 101101011011 101001011011 101001101011 01001001001 101001001011 11101001011 101011001101 111011101 110100101 110111001 111110101 101001011001 101101011011 101001011011 101001101011 01101001011 101001101001 11011001011 111001111001 1010010101 1010010101 110011101 0111111101 101001011001 101101011011 101001011011 101001101011
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
and, to, that, of
Anaphora
which