This is an analysis of Roundelay by John Dryden.
I.
Chloe found Amyntas lying,…
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