This is an analysis of The Noble Balm by Ben Jonson.

HIGH-SPIRITED friend,
I send nor balms nor cor'sives to your wound:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbccadda aaaaeeccfdXf
  • Stanza lengths: 12,12,
  • Metre: 11001 11111100011 1111 0101110101 0101101100 1101101100 111101 111101 1111010101 100101 1001001001 1101 11001 1001110011 1101 1101010101 0111011111 0110010011 111111 011111 1101110101 110111 11011101000 1001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 24

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