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;…

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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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Anaphora

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