This is an analysis of A Lecture Upon The Shadow by John Donne.
Stand still, and I will read to thee
A lecture, love, in love's philosophy.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXbbbccbdddaa aacceffeaaabb
- Stanza lengths: 13,13,
- Metre: 11110101 0101010100 11101111 1011111 0101110101 1101010111 111111 1011011101 11110101 01001111 0111111111 1111010101 1011001101 01111011 1111110101 1010101 1011101 0101011111 0111110001 011101 1101110101 01011101 11110101 1111010101 1001011101 1010110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 26
Anaphora
but