This is an analysis of A Boy And Watchmaker by John Bunyan.
This watch my father did on me bestow,
A golden one it is, but 'twill not go,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabcddee X eeffcbgghhdd d ggffiiggff
- Stanza lengths: 8,1,12,1,10,
- Metre: 0111001101 0101001111 0100110100 1101110101 1111110111 1111111111 0111011111 1111011101 100 1110001101 1101010010 01010110100 1111011101 0100110100 1101010100 1111110001 1101010111 11111111001 11010101001 1111001001 1101111101 0100 0111000010 01001010101 0100010111 0100010001 1100110101 0010010101 11110110101 1111010101 01010110011 1101011111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
you, of, thy