This is an analysis of A Thousand Martyrs I Have Made by Aphra Behn.

A thousand Martyrs I have made,
All sacrific'd to my desire;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dadacc efefgg
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,
  • Metre: 01010111 110101010 01010101 110010010 010010111 11011101 11011101 111110101 01110111 11110101 111110111 11010111 01010101 11110101 01001111 01010101 11111101 01011111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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