This is an analysis of Anacreontics, The Swallow by Abraham Cowley.

FOOLISH prater, what dost thou
So early at my window do?…

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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