This is an analysis of For Seasonable Weather by George Wither.

Lord! should the sunne, the clowds, the winde,
The ayre and seasons be…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XababbXb XcXcXXXX dXdXbaba XaXadXdX
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 11010101 011100 01011001 111101 110110101 110101 11001100 11101 10110111 111101 11110010 111101 11010111 110101 11010110 110110 0101111 1110101 11110111 110010 01010111 11010 11110101 1101001 11010111 011101 01110101 010101 01110111 010101 1111001 111101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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