This is an analysis of Iv: To The World by Ben Jonson.

A farewell for a Gentlewoman, vertuous and noble
False world, good-night, since thou hast brought…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbcbdbdeeeebdbdfgfghghXXeieaXXXididXhjhXhXhhXhXdXddjXjXkbkbiXXXXljl
  • Stanza lengths: 1,68,
  • Metre: 01110101010110 11011111 11011101 11111011 11010111 11111111 01010101 01111101 01011111 111101101 110100101 1101101 11111111 11111111 11111111 1100101101 11100001 11111101 010110111 01011101 11110111 11001111 11110111 11001001 010011010 110101110 11110001 01110101 011101101 11110111 11011101 11011101 10010110 01111111 01011001 10111101 011111001 11010111 11011101 11111111 11011101 110111010 11011101 111100110 11010001 10011101 110100110 11001010 111100010 11000101 111101100 110010001 110010111 111011111 11010001 11011101 11011111 11111101 01000101 01111111 11010001 11111111 01010101 11011011 11111110 11110111 11011111 11111111 10110111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 69

Repeated words/phrases

thy, and, thou, i, my, as

Anaphora

thy, where