This is an analysis of Ode by John Donne.

I. VENGEANCE will sit above our faults ; but till
She there do sit,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaab cacca dbddb eceec
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,
  • Metre: 11001011111 1111 1101101111 1101111111 1100 10101111101 0101 0111110111 01011000111 0101 11111011101 1101 1101111111 1111011100 0100 11110111101 1111 1111111101 1111010111 0111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

we, but, our

Anaphora

we