This is an analysis of Not Iris In Her Pride by George Peele.

Not Iris in her pride and bravery
Adorns her arch with such variety;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffXXggee
  • Stanza lengths: 18,
  • Metre: 1100011100 0101010100 1101110101 0111110001 11111111010 100110101010 01010011101 1101010101 01010110101 1101010101 1001110101 1101010100 0111010101 01010010101 0101010101 01010110101 1101010111 11111101001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

in, and

Anaphora

the