This is an analysis of On The Cackling Of A Hen by John Bunyan.

The hen, so soon as she an egg doth lay,
(Spreads the fame of her doing what she may.)…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccbb
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 0111111111 1010010111 01011100111 0111110101 1100010101 0111100111 11110111011 1111111111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

she, they