This is an analysis of The Choice by George Wither.
Me so oft my fancy drew
Here and there, that I ne’er knew…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbcXaaddbbeefXgghhhhccffaacijjjXffjjbbXXkXaajjjjcceedXddjjjjkkddaaddbbXfXfcijjllbeccee
- Stanza lengths: 88,
- Metre: 1111101 1111111 10101001 1110111 1111101 1010100 1010001 1010101 1010101 1010101 1010101 1111111 11101010 01111110 1011101 1010110 10101011 10101101 1111001 0010101 1110001 1000101 10100101 1010100 1110101 1010101 1011111 1010101 1011111 1010110 10101001 0010110 0010101 1111110 10011010 10101010 100101010 01010110 10101001 1111101 11101100 1010001 1110101 1010100 11100101 1110101 1111111 1011101 1110111 1110101 00101001 10111011 10111010 0110101 1010101 1010010 10101101 1110100 1110001 1011101 1001101 11100111 1111101 0101001 1101101 010101 10111001 1011101 1010101 1100101 11101001 1111111 1011101 1010101 110011000 1011110 11000011 1110100 1111011 1011101 1010111 1110111 1101101 1010110 10100111 1110100 11101010 01101010
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 88
Repeated words/phrases
in, he
Epiphora
him, it, me
