This is an analysis of The Tears Of Amynta, For The Death Of Damon. A Song by John Dryden.

1.
On a bank, beside a willow,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXabbacca XddeddeXXe XbbfbbfXeef
  • Stanza lengths: 10,10,11,
  • Metre: 1 10101011 1001001010 1100101 00101010 10101010 1011101 1010 1110 10101001 1 11110010 10111010 1111111 10101010 100010010 1010111 1010 10010 1111111 1 10111010 10101010 1010001 10111110 10101010 1011101 1111 0011 1110111
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 30

Anaphora

never

Epiphora

me