This is an analysis of I: Why I Write Not To Love by Ben Jonson.

Some act of
Love's…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXbbcbXcXXccdXad
  • Stanza lengths: 18,
  • Metre: 110 1 1010 11011011 11110111 11010101 00011101 111 10 011 11111101 01111110 00111101 11011101 11110111 1 1 011111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 18