This is an analysis of The Expiration by John Donne.

So, so, break off this last lamenting kiss,
Which sucks two souls, and vapors both away,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababccbcbccc
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 1111010101 1111110101 1111111110 11110111001 1111011011 1011011101 11011111101 1101110111 1001111111 10110101001 0100110111 10101101101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12

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Anadiplosis

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