This is an analysis of Man by Henry Vaughan.

Weighing the steadfastness and state
Of some mean things which here below reside,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcac dcdXede fbXbfffXcdcdaca
  • Stanza lengths: 7,7,15,
  • Metre: 10011011 0111110101 11110101001 11010101 11111111110 101111 10011100110 11111111 0100110111 0001010101 11110111 0111111111 0100111 1100110111 11110111 1111101101 1101010100 01011111 1111011111 110011 1111011011 11111111 1111111111 1001011011 11111101 1001001101 110111 1101010111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

and, he

Anaphora

the, he