This is an analysis of Œnone's Complaint by George Peele.
Melpomene, the muse of tragic songs,
With mournful tunes, in stole of dismal hue,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xaab XcXd Xbcd
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
- Metre: 100010101 0101010101 0101010101 1111010001 1101011101 0101110011 1111110101 0110001101 1011110100 1011011101 1101111101 11010010
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 12
Repeated words/phrases
of, my
Anaphora
and