This is an analysis of Elegy Vii by John Donne.
Nature's lay idiot, I taught thee to love,
And in that sophistry, Oh, thou dost prove…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdXeeddffggbbhhffhiffiiii
- Stanza lengths: 30,
- Metre: 10110011101 1011001111 1101111101 0101000111 11110100001 0111010101 11111010100 100011101000 1111110101 0101110000101 1111010100 0101010011000 0101111100 010010101101 1111110101 0101111111 11110101111 1100111101 0101011100 1111110100 10011010101 1111000111 111101001000 01100010101 1101011100 1101011101 1111011101 1101011101 1111011011 11111010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 30
Repeated words/phrases
to, thy, and, thee
