This is an analysis of Living By by Ben Jonson.

Walking, snow falling, it is possible
to focus at various distances…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXcad aXXcXdb
  • Stanza lengths: 6,7,
  • Metre: 1011000100 0101100100 01110111001 00101100101 01011101000 0101011110 10110001000 01001000101 0110100010 1001110101 11011010100 1101100010
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Anaphora

the