This is an analysis of The Paradox by John Donne.

No Lover saith, I love, nor any other
Can judge a perfect Lover;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbXccbbddeeaaXXbb
  • Stanza lengths: 20,
  • Metre: 11011111010 1100110 11011111001 110111 11011001111 111101 10110011111 110111 1111111101 111111 1111011101 010101 1101011101 101101 110111001010 11011010 1111111101 110111 1111111111 111111
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

and, i