This is an analysis of An Elegy by Ben Jonson.
THOUGH beauty be the mark of praise,
And yours of whom I sing be such…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abba cddc aeaa fccf ghhg ieei Xggh cXjcXjffj
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11000101 11011101 11011111 11110111 01010111 01111111 11110111 00110101 01110101 10111111 01010101 01111101 11110101 01011101 11100101 11111111 01010111 010101001 01010101 11011101 11011101 01110001 110011100 01010011 11110100 01110101 11110101 01110111 11110111 11011110 11011001 01010101 10010111 01110101 111100101 11001101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
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