This is an analysis of Hero And Leander by John Donne.

Both robb'd of air, we both lie in one ground ;
Both whom one fire had burnt, one water drown'd…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aa
  • Stanza lengths: 2,
  • Metre: 1101111011 11110111101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 2

Anaphora

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