This is an analysis of A Fever by John Donne.

Oh do not die, for I shall hate
All women so, when thou art gone,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd Xbab eaXa XfXf gagX gXge
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11111111 11011111 11111101 11010111 11111111 01010101 11100111 01110011 10110111 01111101 01010111 101101001 1100111110 11011101 10010001 10010100 11110110 11101001 11010100 01010101 110111000 11001011 110111111 1100100 11011101 100110100 11110100 0111011110
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

i, world, but, this, thee