This is an analysis of Upon A Penny Loaf by John Bunyan.

Thy price one penny is in time of plenty,
In famine doubled, 'tis from one to twenty.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb X ccdd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,1,4,
  • Metre: 11110001010 01010101010 1111111101 1101110101 0100 0111000101 0101010101 01010010101 1100111111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 9

Repeated words/phrases

one, to, of