This is an analysis of La Corona by John Donne.

Deign at my hands this crown of prayer and praise,
Weaved in my lone devout melancholy,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabcaaddacc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111010111 1011011010 1100111100 110011001 1110011011 0111010100 1111011111 01010111011 0111111111 1111011101 0111110001 0011011101 1111110101 010011001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

of, crown, our, ends