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,…

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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