This is an analysis of The Creditor To His Proud Debtor by George Moses Horton.
Ha, tott'ring Johny, strut and boast,
But think of what your feathers cost;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaabbbbbCcCD eeebfffbG aaabaaabG hhhbXaabCcCD
- Stanza lengths: 12,9,9,12,
- Metre: 111010111 11011101 11011111 111101 10111111 01000101 01111101 011101 111101 0010111 101101 11011111 01101101 01001111 01010101 110001 11010101 11110101 101111101 010101 1111011 11111111 11010111 11111111 010101 11011111 10111101 111110111 111111 1111011 111100101 10011111 111110111 010101 111100110 11011111 101111111 011101 111101 0010111 101101 11011111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 42
Repeated words/phrases
my
Anaphora
your
