This is an analysis of On Giles And Joan by Ben Jonson.

Who says that Giles and Joan at discord be?
  Th' observing neighbors no such mood can see.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddddeeffggaa
  • Stanza lengths: 18,
  • Metre: 1111111100 10101011111 01110111010 11011111110 1010001100 11111111010 1101110101 0101110101 11011001111 1111110101 1011110111 0110011101 0101111111 0001011101 0101011001 0101110011 0111010110 1111010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

giles, and