This is an analysis of Elegy Viii: The Comparison by John Donne.
As the sweet sweat of roses in a still,
As that which from chafed musk-cats' pores doth trill,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccXdeebbffgg XhbbccbbffddffbbggXiggffXhiijjbbccdccc
- Stanza lengths: 16,38,
- Metre: 1011010001 1110111111 10010101101 1101101101 1101011101 1111111101 11011101100 11001001101 1101111101 011001101 01001111101 10010100101 11110101001 1111110101 11010111001 1001011111 1110111100 1101001111 11010111101 1111111111 1011011101 010011111001 11000110101 11011010011 10111011011 1111011101 1111011111 01010010111 1111110101 0111110111 1111010101 1011101001 1101010101 0111001101 110101001010 1001011101 00111010101 11001011111 10101100101 1111010101 0011110110 1101010101 11110111011 10110110001 11110010101 11110101101 0111111100 1101010111 1101010101 110100100101 1101010100 1111011111 1011010101 1101001100
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 54
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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