This is an analysis of Love's Usury by John Donne.

For every hour that thou wilt spare me now,
I will allow,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcccc ddbbccccXbbddbbbb
  • Stanza lengths: 8,17,
  • Metre: 110010111111 1001 1001011001 1011111100 1111110111 1101011101 10111110111 11101 1111010101 1111 1101001101 01110100101 1011111101 01010100001 110110101 1101 01000110110 0111 0111011111 1101111111 1101101101 1101110101 1111110110 1111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

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