This is an analysis of An Introduction To The Ensuing Discourse. by John Bunyan.

These lines I at this time present
To all that will them heed,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efeg hehb gcgc baba cici bcbc jdjd fdfd akXk fcfc XaXaXfdfd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 11110101 011001 01110101 111001 11111101 111111 11110101 1001011 11011101 101111 10010101 111111 11011111 110101 11011001 110101 11111101 110111 11010101 111101 11010111 1001001 10010111 110001 01101111 011111 01000101 110101 01011101 111101 11001111 110100 01111001 1101011 11111101 011111 11110101 011111 11010101 010101 11110111 111101 11111101 110111 01101101 111111 01111101 111111 11111111 010001 110111100 110101 11111111 111101 11110101 1001011
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 14
  • Lines: 56

Repeated words/phrases

and, by, that

Anaphora

for, by, that