This is an analysis of Another by Anne Bradstreet.

Phoebus make haste, the day's too long, be gone,
The silent night's the fittest time for moan;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffccccaagggghhiiffaajjkkffiidd
  • Stanza lengths: 40,
  • Metre: 1011011101 0101010111 1101101111 1111010101 1001001111 0101001101 00111001111 1101010101 0110011111 1101000101 1101111101 1111011101 1011111101 11001110101 1111011101 1101100111 01011011101 10011101001 11001100111 1111110111 1101011111 1101111101 1111111101 1101010001 1111111111 1111011001 1111111101 1111111101 1101111101 0101010101 1101011111 0101010101 1111100110 01010101010 1101000101 11001010011 1111111101 011100111 1101011111 1111101101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 40

Repeated words/phrases

my, he, or, in, thou, day

Anaphora

and, my, or, o