This is an analysis of The Secular Masque by John Dryden.

Enter JANUS
JANUS…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaabbacc da Xcceffe g XbddbhiiH J H akkbb Xb llhhbbaahH JhH aM Xn lm XGM JMmGMa iifnXXoneehbbh Jh imeem Jh Xphphofoo Jh aaccffhh Jh XccceqqeC Xl KiCaKacKXJCKCKKi
  • Stanza lengths: 8,2,7,1,9,1,1,5,2,10,3,2,2,2,3,6,14,2,5,2,9,2,8,2,9,2,16,
  • Metre: 1010 10 1010111 11010101 010100111 000101 01010101 1111111 10100010011011101 11111010 10 1010011 1111111 110101 1111 0101 010101 101010 10 1111111111111111 01111 11011 01101101010 11101011011 11001 11011 11001101 101 11001101 10 11010101 110101 111101001 11000110 10 1100010101 1110100110010 010 0110111001 110111101 11111111001 1101100101 1101110001 11011101001 01011011101 11011011001 101 01011011101 11011011001 10 1111001 1010 101 010 1101 10 010101010 101010101 101 1111001 1011101 010101010 101010101 10010010 101 1 01010101 01010101 1110 1110 10101110 110101 1110101 11010001 1011101 0101 01111101 0101110101 101 1011 1 1010101 110101 101011 0100101 101 10101 10 11010101 111101 10010101 110111 0111010 011111 1101010 111110 101 011101 1010 10 1011111 10101011 1001101 1011101 1111111 1011101 101 10101 10 011111 110101 11011101 1101010101 1111 1101 010101 1100101 10 100010 1110101 01 1111001 010 1100101 10 1111101 1100101 101 1100101 1110101 1111001 1100101 1100101 10101100110
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 28
  • Lines: 136

Repeated words/phrases

his, ha, and, my, sound, i, all

Anaphora

, arms, thy

Epiphora

janus, , diana, mars, honour, venus

Anadiplosis

janus, , diana, mars, venus, all