This is an analysis of Upon The Frog by John Bunyan.

The frog by nature is both damp and cold,
Her mouth is large, her belly much will hold;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXX X bbaaccdd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,1,8,
  • Metre: 0111001111 0101010101 1111010100 1001010100 0100 0101011001 1110010001 1001010101 0111110001 1101101101 0111111101 1111010101 1101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 13

Repeated words/phrases

to, he