This is an analysis of Farewell Ungrateful Traitor by John Dryden.

Farewell ungrateful traitor,
Farewell my perjured swain,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcccb dbdbeeeb fbfbaaab
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 1101010 111101 1101010 010101 0100010 0101010 1111010 111101 1100011 010011 1111111 011101 0111100 1011010 1111110 010101 0101010 110001 1101010 010101 1111110 1111110 1100010 110001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

farewell

Epiphora

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