This is an analysis of Upon My Dear And Loving Husband His Going Into England Jan. 16, 1661 by Anne Bradstreet.
O thou Most High who rulest all
And hear'st the prayers of thine,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcb Xddd cece dfgf achc cfXf Xiji dkgk hckX jlfl bfif ifXf
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11111101 110101 11011011 110101 00110101010 1011101 1101110 111 11011111 111111 11110101 111011 01110111 111111 11111111 111101 100100010 110001 01110101 110100 10001101 011101 111111010 101101 10110001 1101001 01110101 110101 10111101 111001 11001101 111011 01011111 010011 11110100 010111 11001101 011111 11111101 0101001 11111101 111101 11010111 010101 10010011 110100 0101101 110101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 12
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
to
Anaphora
thou
