This is an analysis of On A Robbery by Ben Jonson.

RIDWAY robb'd DUNCOTE of three hundred pound,
Ridway was ta'en, arraign'd, condemn'd to die;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababXX
  • Stanza lengths: 6,
  • Metre: 1011001101 10110010101 11010101001 1101010111 1101010101 11000010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 6

Anaphora

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