This is an analysis of The Curse by John Donne.
Whoever guesses, thinks, or dreams, he knows
Who is my mistress, wither by this curse ;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaaccc deeddbbb ddddXfff gXXggddd
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 0101011111 1011010101 110101 11110101 1111011101 1101111111 01010100111 0101010101 1001010111 1111011111 111111 01010110 1011111111 1111010100 1111101100 1101001101 1111010111 10010101011 110111 01110010 0101010100 1111110111 1111011111 1101010111 010011001001 1101101100 111111 10101111 1011011111 01001010011 1111100001 100111111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
that, and, he, all
Anaphora
what
