This is an analysis of On Poet-Ape by Ben Jonson.
Poor POET-APE, that would be thought our chief,
Whose works are e'en the frippery of wit,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababccccddddee
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1101110111 11110010001 0100011101 1101111100 1111111111 1001001111 00101110001 1111111101 1100110111 01010100010 1111111101 1100001111 1101101101 0101110011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
