This is an analysis of Go And Catch A Falling Star by John Donne.

Go and catch a falling star,
Get with child a mandrake root,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababccddd efefffaaa gbgbhhfff
  • Stanza lengths: 9,9,9,
  • Metre: 1110101 1010111 1111101 1110101 11011110 10111010 11 11 10011101 0111011 1010001 1110111 1111111 11110111 11101011 11 11 1010111 0111111 1010001 1111111 1111111 11011110 11111110 11 00 11110111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 27

Repeated words/phrases

to

Anaphora

though