This is an analysis of Roundelay by John Dryden.

I.
Chloe found Amyntas lying,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XabABAB XABABAB XABABAB XABabab
  • Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,7,
  • Metre: 1 10110010 1010101 10001110 1010101 11101110 1111111 1 10001110 1010101 10101010 0011101 11101110 1111111 1 10101010 0011101 10101010 1111101 11101110 1111111 1 10101010 1111101 10101010 1111101 11101010 1111101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

to, kissed

Anaphora

kiss, kissed