This is an analysis of Twickenham Garden by John Donne.

BLASTED with sighs, and surrounded with tears,
Hither I come to seek the spring,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababbccdd efeffgghh ijijjaagg
  • Stanza lengths: 9,9,9,
  • Metre: 1001101001 101101001 11111111 01111111001 11110111 01011100001 11101001 1101110001 1101110101 11000111100 01010001 11011001 1101111011 11111001 0111110111 11010010 1101111111 1011010111 100101101 11111111 11110111 1111111111 01111011 1111110111 11011111 1011110111 1111010111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 27

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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