This is an analysis of Ask Not The Cause Why Sullen Spring by John Dryden.
Ask not the cause why sullen spring
So long delays her flow'rs to bear;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcc bdbdbb eeeebb cfcfec
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 110111001 11010101 110010101 11010101 10011101 010011101 10010101 111101001 11010001 01010101 11111101 01011011 11011111 01111101 11010101 11010101 11111101 11110101 11000101 01010101 11010101 11011101 11011101 0001011000110000000100001010010100001010101000010110010100110110111000100001011001011010100100010000101101010000100
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
to, and, for, university