This is an analysis of To His Friends Of Christ-Church Upon The Mislike Of The Marriage Of The Arts Acted At Woodstock by Henry King.

But is it true, the Court mislik't the Play,
That Christ-Church and the Arts have lost the day;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbXbbcXccXccddXbeeXe
  • Stanza lengths: 23,
  • Metre: 1001011001 1111011101 1101011110 1101011101 1111011101 1100110100 1011010001 1111010111 1111010101 1101001101 11011111001 1111111100 10101010111 110101010111111100101 1111000111 1101111101 1111111101 1111010101 1101101101 10011110100 1111011101 1111010100 1111110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 23

Repeated words/phrases

some

Anaphora

that