This is an analysis of Of Life And Death by Ben Jonson.

The ports of death are sins; of life, good deeds:
Through which our merit leads us to our meeds.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabbcc
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 0101110101 1111011011 1101011111 11000100101 0111000101 1101010111 10111111110 10111101010
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

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Epiphora

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