This is an analysis of Elegy Xii by John Donne.
COME Fates ; I fear you not ! All whom I owe
Are paid, but you ; then 'rest me ere I go.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbcdeeffcdddddggbbffddddhhbbiijjbbffkkllmmllaaaaiiggaakkeeffnnXbiiddmmffoo
- Stanza lengths: 76,
- Metre: 1111111111 1111111111 1101110011 1101111111 1010110100 1111001101 1101111111 1101111001 1111110111 1101011101 1011011100 10011111111 1111100101 1101111111 1101100101 1101110111 1111011101 1001110101 1011111111 1100010111 1101111111 1101011111 1011010011 0101011111 1111111111 0111111101 1111111001 0101011101 11101111101 1111011111 0101000101 1111011111 1111101111 1111110101 1011111111 1111111011 1110110111 0111110101 1011111111 1111111101 1110111011 1111011111 10110011110 1111011101 1111101111 1101010101 1111011111 1001011101 1111110101 11111101101 0101110100 0101001101 1011010111 111110101 1111111011 1101000101 1111110101 0011111111 1101011111 1111110111 1111011111 0101001111 11111111110 11011111010 1001111110 0101111101 1110111101 1101101111 1100011101 0111111101 1111111001 0101011101 1111111101 1111111101 1001101111 1111111111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 76
Repeated words/phrases
i, you, but, her, and, your, me, not
Anaphora
and
