This is an analysis of Epitaph On The Lady Whitmore by John Dryden.
Fair, kind, and true, a treasure each alone,
A wife, a mistress, and a friend, in one;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbaaccdd
- Stanza lengths: 10,
- Metre: 1111010101 0101010101 1001111101 1101011111 1101010111 1111010101 1111010001 1011010101 1111101001 1111011111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 10
Repeated words/phrases
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