This is an analysis of To The Muses by William Blake.

Whether on Ida's shady brow,
Or in the chambers of the East,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eXeXXeaea
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,9,
  • Metre: 10110101 10010001 01000111 01010011 10011101 10110001 10110001 100100111 10110111 01010001 100100101 11010100 11110101 11010101 01011101 01010111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Anaphora

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