This is an analysis of Song To Diana by Ben Jonson.

Queen and huntress, chaste and fair,
Now the sun is laid to sleep,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcC dXdXcC cXcXcC
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,
  • Metre: 1110111 1010101 1001101 1010101 1001011 1010001 11111001 1010101 10010111 10011101 111011 1010001 1110101 11101010 1100101 1011110 1110101 1010001
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 18