Analysis of On Receiving Heyne's Virgil From Mr. Hayley
I should have deemed it once an effort vain
To sweeten more sweet Maro's matchless strain,
But from that error now behold me free,
Since I received him as a gift from thee.
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Balliol Rhyme Quatrain |
| Metre | 1111111101 11011111 1111010111 1101110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 177 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 136 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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