This is an analysis of Of The Cuckoo by John Bunyan.

Thou booby, say'st thou nothing but cuckoo?
The robin and the wren can thee outdo.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcc BA ddba eeff BA dX ggba
  • Stanza lengths: 4,2,4,4,2,2,4,
  • Metre: 1101110111 0101011111 1011101101 1111010101 1111011111 1011111111 11111100101 1110110011 1111111101 1111011111 1111010101 1101010110 1111011001 1111010111 1111011111 1011111111 11010111001 1101011100 1111110101 1101011111 0100110100 1111111111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 22

Repeated words/phrases

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