This is an analysis of The Lament Of The Old Nurse by Aeschylus.
NURSE
Our mistress bids me with all speed to call…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a bXcdeaXfgeXXdeafXeadhbXddgegdXahgac
- Stanza lengths: 1,35,
- Metre: 1 1101101101 1000010111 1111010101 0101010101 1011010101 11010101001 1101011110 11011111000 1001010101 1111110101 0111011101 1111001111 1101010101 1111110011 1101110110 1101111100 1111010111 1001010111 1101110111 1101010001 1111011111 0101011100 1101010101 1101010101 0101010101 1101110101 1101010110 1111110101 1111010101 1111000101 1101110101 1101010101 1111111101 1101011101 1100111101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
her, i, and
Anaphora
and
