This is an analysis of The Soule by John Donne.

Thee, eye of heaven, this great soule envies not;
By thy male force is all wee have begot;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabXXbXXcc
  • Stanza lengths: 10,
  • Metre: 11010011101 1111011101 0011110101 1101110101 1110011110 1101111101 1111110101 1111110111 1011111001 11111010111111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 10

Repeated words/phrases

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