This is an analysis of Of The Mole In The Ground by John Bunyan.

The mole's a creature very smooth and slick,
She digs i' th' dirt, but 'twill not on her stick;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccbbddee
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 01001010111 11111111101 1111010101 1101111101 10101001101 0001111101 1101010101 1101000111 1101111100 1111111111 1111011111 11110101001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

her, nor