This is an analysis of Spirit by Anne Bradstreet.

Be still, thou unregenerate part,
Disturb no more my settled heart,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaaccaaddeeffbbggaaddccffXdaaaahhciccccffjjfXkkXjeeffjjeeffaaiceecckX
  • Stanza lengths: 72,
  • Metre: 011100001 01111101 11111101 11011001 11001011 011111011 10111110 11011111 10110111 11110101 11010001 11110111 11111111 11011111 11111111 11011111 11011101 11101111 11111111 11011101 11010111 11010111 11011011 11010101 11010010 11110101 11010101 11110101 11111111 11111110 01010111 01010011 11111110 111100101 11111111 11011111 11111111 01110100 01010111 01100110 11110111 10010001 11011111 11111111 11011111 110010101 11110111 11110110 01011101 11111101 01011111 11010101 01011111 11011101 01110101 11110101 01010111 11010011 01110101 11010101 11111111 11010101 11011111 11101101 01010100 10001101 110011111 11010111 01010111 11011110 01011111 110111110
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 72

Repeated words/phrases

and, thee, thou, me, i, nor, no

Anaphora

thy, the, nor