This is an analysis of Ye Old Mule by David McKee Wright.

Ye old mule that think yourself so fair,
Leave off with craft your beauty to repair,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXBXabBaabbaB
  • Stanza lengths: 16,
  • Metre: 111111011 1101110001 1001011010 111011100110 1101111110 111 011011011 1011110111 10011001010 111 1111010101 1101011001 11110100110 011111110010 0100110111 111
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 16

Anaphora

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