This is an analysis of Anacreontics, The Swallow by Abraham Cowley.
FOOLISH prater, what dost thou
So early at my window do?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccdd
- Stanza lengths: 10,
- Metre: 1010111 11011101 10111001 01101101 011111000 11110111 1010001 1011111 1011011 11111001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 10
Anaphora
a, nothing