This is an analysis of Upon A Snail by John Bunyan.

She goes but softly, but she goeth sure,
She stumbles not, as stronger creatures do.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdbaba c bebefgfgdhdh
  • Stanza lengths: 12,1,12,
  • Metre: 111101111 1101110101 0101011101 1011111101 1111110101 01011010101 0111001101 1101111110 1111110101 1101111111 1100111101 0111111101 0100 1111110111 1111010111 1111110110 1011010100 11011100110 1111111111 10010101010 1100110111 1111101101 1111111111 0101010001 01110110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 25

Repeated words/phrases

she, they, to

Anaphora

she, the