This is an analysis of Occupation: Father by Ben Jonson.

My son finds occupation
in almost nothing, in everything:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXabcdcce aXfbcd fceXf
  • Stanza lengths: 9,6,5,
  • Metre: 1111010 011100101 110100011 010101 1010101 10111 1101001 11010111 01110100 010111 1111111 1111101 1010101 10000100 101011 1000110011 00010001 11001 111001 010100111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 20