This is an analysis of So Breaks The Sun by Ben Jonson.

So breaks the sun earth's rugged chains,
Wherein rude winter bound her veins;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaacc
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 11011101 01110101 11111101 11010001 11011101 11010101 11110111 11111101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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