This is an analysis of Lines Extempore by Thomas Paine.
Quick as the lightning's vivid flash
The poet's eye o'er Europe rolls;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abaX cdcd efef bgbg
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11010101 010110101 11011101 111101001 1100101 010010101 11010101 110010101 10010101 110101001 11010101 11010101 11010101 110000101 11010001 11111101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 16
