This is an analysis of Inviting A Friend To Supper by Ben Jonson.
Tonight, grave sir, both my poor house and I
Do equally desire your company:…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abccddeecfggbbeeddggXecchhaaggffiibaggffXc
- Stanza lengths: 42,
- Metre: 0111111111 11000101100 1111110101 1111010111 0111111111 1011111101 0001010101 0101001101 11110101110 11010111010 100010001101 0111010111 10111101010 01000101110 1111011111 0111011111 11101111101 0101011011 1101110011 1111110011 1101010100 1010110101 0111110111 1101110001 00010111110 10010111010 0101111100 1111111111 0011010101 1001011101 01110110010 11111111110 011101010001 1111010011 00111111000 11011101101 1111110101 1111011011 1100011101 1101011101 1111110110 0100110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 42
Repeated words/phrases
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Epiphora
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