This is an analysis of Innocence by Thomas Traherne.
But that which most I wonder at, which most
I did esteem my bliss, which most I boast,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb Xaca Xdad eeee cfcf eeee gghh caca igig jjff ecec aeae eejj iiiiXjbjb
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 1111110111 1001111111 1101010101 11111101 11010100 11011111 11011101 11111101 01011100 0111010 01010111 1100010 01001010001 1101110101 0111010111 11011101 10110100 01111111 10110111 11010101 11010101 010101 11110001 01010001 1101010011 0100111101 010101011111 01011101 11110011 11010011 11111101 01010101 00111111 010111 11000100 01101101 1000110011 1101010111 1011000101 11110101 11011111 01010011 11110111 11011001 11000001 110101 11010101 01100111 1101010111 0101010001 0011111101 01010001 011111001 11010101 11010100 11011111 11000101 110101 01011111 11010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 15
- Lines: 60
Repeated words/phrases
i, which, most, and
Anaphora
which, no