This is an analysis of The Libertine by Aphra Behn.
A THOUSAND martyrs I have made,
All sacrificed to my desire,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcc dadacc efefgg
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,
- Metre: 01010111 110101010 01010101 110010010 010010111 11011101 11011101 11110101 01110111 11110101 11110111 11010111 01010101 11110101 01001111 100101001 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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