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,…
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
Repeated words/phrases
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Anadiplosis
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